The Burlington Coat Factory Islamic Center has gotten a lot of attention but there’s also been some protests about a proposed mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The Daily Show did a story on the protests and interviewed the leader of the anti-mosque group.
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Did you think that was funny? I really didn’t. She’s no lone bigot and now we see the outcome of the ignorance and fear that is being spread. Remember, the Lt. Governor of Tennessee is repeating this rhetoric, at one point saying that Islam was a cult and therefore not eligible for 2nd amendment coverage. This weekend, someone committed arson at the mosque construction site:
Federal officials are investigating a fire that started overnight at the site of a new Islamic center in a Nashville suburb.
Ben Goodwin of the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to CBS Affiliate WTVF that the fire, which burned construction equipment at the future site of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, is being ruled as arson.
Special Agent Andy Anderson of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives told CBS News that the fire destroyed one piece of construction equipment and damaged three others. Gas was poured over the equipment to start the fire, Anderson said.
The ATF, FBI and Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office are conducting a joint investigation into the fire, Anderson said.
When mosque members went to assess the damage, someone fired shots at them:
Rutherford County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a complaint about shots being fired this afternoon near the construction site of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro on Veals Road off Bradyville Pike.
The report came just hours after a fire of suspicious nature damaged construction equipment at the site.
A group of congregation members was at the site looking at the damage done to construction equipment by the fire overnight when they heard nine shots fired from two directions.
The incident occurred around 3:15 p.m. The congregation members reported hearing six shots coming from one direction, and about three minutes later they heard three more shots from another direction, said Saleh Sbenaty, a congregation member and MTSU professor.
Responsible members of the Republican and Democratic parties need to stop cowering in the corner and stand up for American values before someone gets hurt.