Christmas day mosque fire leaves CAIR with egg on its face

by The Right Scoop

A mosque that went up in flames on Christmas day in Houston has left CAIR with egg on its face after they suggested that this was probably a hate crime:

“Because of the recent spike in hate incidents targeting mosques nationwide, we urge law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for this fire,” said CAIR-Houston Executive Director Mustafaa Carroll.

They even tweeted this out, suggesting the same:

As it turns out, the mosque was torched by a Muslim who attended the mosque and it doesn’t fire their ‘hate crime’ narrative:

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ABC 13 – Gary Nathaniel Moore, 37, was arrested and charged with arson today after a fire devastated a southwest Houston mosque on Christmas Day.

In a court filing, police allege Moore set fire to the mosque in five separate locations with a charcoal lighter.

An investigator who identified Moore said he spoke to him at the scene of the fire, according to court papers.

Investigators also cited in court records say they identified Moore as the suspect via surveillance video from a pharmacy adjacent to the mosque. Claims by law enforcement in court records show the suspect was seen walking quickly from the mosque shortly before smoke erupted from the building.

Police allege during a search of Moore’s home that they recovered a backpack and clothing that appeared to be the same items seen in the surveillance video from the time of the fire, court records show.

Police also say they found a single charcoal lighter — which appears to have been sold as a pair — at Moore’s home. In addition, they allege a charcoal lighter found at scene matched the one found at Moore’s home using markers and stamped numbers on the containers, records show.

Authorities say in those court papers that they took computers, tablets, cell phones, and other electronic devices for forensic testing from the Moore’s home.

Moore is currently in police custody on $10,000 bond.

Rock Princess on Twitter summed it up nicely:


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