Texas mosque up in flames only hours after Trump’s Muslim ban
- The Islamic Center of Victoria in Victoria, Texas, erupted in flames after midnight on Saturday, destroying the edifice while congregants watched curbside.
- Members of the congregation approached the mosque early in the morning for the first prayer of the day and discovered the destroyed mosque.
According to Shahid Hashmi, president of the center said the congregation wants to rebuild as soon as possible. Read more.
GoFundMe for the mosque: https://www.gofundme.com/victoria-islamic-center-rebuilding
Please spread the word. And I beg of my fellow Texans to please, please send them anything you can. Please stand with me and help prove that Texans can be better than this.
Wow. Reminds me of the Kristallnacht on 9 November 1938. We know what followed.