Oh sure, but I mean with this law, the way it's being used... police can take pretty much everything they own and not have to prove jack... mosque's, houses, cars, cash, bank accounts... everything.
Wrong. They have to convince a judge you got your shit
ILLEGALLY. Maybe if the words are big enough they can see them?
Not true, but regardless, terrorism is "illegal" and in fact one of the bigger suspected reasons they /can/ take property.
"
Asset forfeiture or
asset seizure is a form of
confiscation of
assets by the
state. It typically applies to the alleged proceeds or instruments of crime. This applies, but is not limited, to
terrorist activities, drug related crimes, and other criminal and even civil offenses. Some jurisdictions specifically use the term "confiscation" instead of
forfeiture. The purpose of asset forfeiture is to disrupt criminal activity by confiscating assets that potentially could have been beneficial to the individual or organization.
[...]
It is hard for authorities to track, confiscate, and disrupt terrorist organization finances because they can come from a variety of sources—such as other countries, supporting sympathizers, crime, or legal businesses. Terrorist groups can profit from many crimes—such as black mail, robbery, extortion, fraud, drug trafficking, etc. If discovered and proven terrorist assets, authorities can confiscate property to disrupt terrorist activities. Understanding what constitutes 'terrorist property' is important, because these offenses are widely defined by the 2000 Act as;"
- Property or money that is likely to be used for the purposes of terrorism (including any resources of an organization)
- Proceeds of the commission of acts of terrorism
- Proceeds of acts actually carried out for the purposes of terrorism."[23]
The 2000 Act brought a new system for the forfeiture of terrorist cash. This was modeled on the UK's drug-trafficking cash seizure process and allowed for the seizure of cash for 48 hours by a constable, customs officer or immigration officer if reasonable grounds were found for suspecting that it was intended to be used for terrorism or was terrorist property. An officer who seized the assets or cash could apply to a magistrates' court for an order authorizing its continued detention to give time for further investigation into where it came from. The magistrates' court is generally satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the cash was intended to be used for the purposes of terrorism or was terrorist property, then it could make a forfeiture order.
" ~ as per Wiki and of key note on that see:
"On April 17, 2014, the State of Texas seized the
YFZ Ranch, a one time
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) community that housed as many as 700 people when it was
raided by Texas on March 29, 2008.
[31][32] Under Texas law, authorities can seize property that was used to commit or facilitate certain criminal conduct.
[31][32]" ~ Refresher on that particular case here
Texas takes possession of polygamous ranch and note "The Texas attorney general in 2012 went to court to seize the ranch. The state alleged the ranch was an asset in a criminal enterprise in which Jeffs and his followers conspired to marry and have sex with underage girls."
So yea, they can indeed seize a mosque, just have to suspect its being involved in a terrorist organization... Not to big a stretch given what was uncovered when they searched mosques in EU... It'd only take /one/ member, not even the mosque's legal owner, just /one/ member who engaged in terrorism and the mosque is fair game.