The Murfreesboro, Tennessee mosque is in the news again:
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.
American-style terrorism, plain and simple. Thankfully, no one was injured, except for the construction business that has to buy new equipment (and which was statistically likely to be owned by a white, male, Christian). Mark my words, this crap won’t be stopping soon. It’ll just keep happening and escalating, because approximately 20% of Americans are stupid, hateful bigots.
I think Rev. Richardson, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Murfreesboro (the church next door to the new mosque location) said it best:
If we infringe their freedom, we infringe our freedom.