Houston 'Anti-Muslim' Christmas Day Arson Was Set By Mosque Attendee ... Just Like Last Year

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C.A.I.R. once again with egg on their faces.

Look at this picture. Other than the Houston fireman, this picture looks like it was from somewhere in the mideast. Sickening.

A Christmas Day fire at a storefront mosque in Houston that Muslim organizations were quick to blame on "anti-Muslim sentiment" was actually set by a regular attendee of the mosque, Gary Nathaniel Moore. He was arrested by authorities yesterday.

Amazingly, I reported here at PJ Media last year that the 2014 Christmas Day mosque arson attack in Fresno, CA, also turned out to have been committed by a long-time attendee.

The Houston Chronicle reports:



A Houston man has been arrested in connection with a suspected arson at a mosque on Christmas Day.


A spokeswoman for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed that the man was arrested early Wednesday, sometime after midnight, and appeared in court 7 a.m. Wednesday.

The suspect, Gary Nathaniel Moore, 37, of Houston, appeared in court at 7 a.m., spokeswoman Nicole Strong said.

According to a charging instrument released by the Harris County District Clerk, Moore told investigators at the scene that he has attended the mosque for five years, coming five times per day to pray seven days per week.

Moore told investigators he had been at the mosque earlier on Dec. 25 to pray, and had left at about 2 p.m. to go home. Moore told investigators he was the last person to leave the mosque and saw no smoke or other signs of fire when he left. He had returned to the scene after hearing about the fire from a friend.

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Using surveillance video from multiple businesses nearby, investigators were able to identify Moore, according to records. A search warrant of his home was conducted, in which investigators recovered a backpack and clothing that seemingly matched that which was seen in surveillance footage, as well as one half of a two-pack of charcoal lighter fluid bottles that seemed to match another lighter fluid bottle found inside the mosque.



Remarkably, a Reuters article by Jon Herskovitz on Moore's arrest makes no mention that he was a regular attendee of the mosque.

Instead Herskovitz continued with the "anti-Muslim sentiment" narrative:



Anti-Muslim sentiment has been on the rise in the United States, stoked by recent Islamic State-related attacks in France and California and anti-Muslim statements by Republican presidential hopefuls.


The Council on American-Islamic Relations, which tracks such incidents, said the scale of vandalism, damage and intimidation at American mosques this year is the worst in the six years it has kept records.



Fitting a predictable pattern, the Houston mosque fire was quickly seized on by Muslim organizations, activists, and other media as an example of a supposed rising atmosphere of "anti-Muslim sentiments":

Second Year in a Row, Christmas Day 'Anti-Muslim Hate Crime' Turns Out To Be Committed by Mosque Attendee

 

[il Tupe]

JANUARY 20TH 2017 AMERICA'S LONG NIGHTMARE IS OVER

Thank the Lord for Armageddon!

 

[dani67]

good job

 

[Compost]

Some immigrants have established an annual tradition to make themselves feel at home. How heartwarming.