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Peterborough, Canada.

Peterborough’s mayor is calling an arson attack on his city’s only mosque a “cowardly act” and says his church and several others are offering worship space for displaced local Muslims. Meanwhile, a crowd-funding campaign has raised more than $73,000 in pledges to help restore the Masjid Al-Salaam mosque following the weekend fire, which is believed to have been deliberately set.

Police and firefighters arrived at the mosque on Saturday at around 11 p.m. after receiving a call of smoke coming out of the building. Peterborough police have confirmed that the fire was deliberately set. “Offences such as this, committed in relation to a place of Worship are taken very seriously and the Police Service will make every attempt to determine who is responsible,” Peterborough police said in a prepared statement. No one was injured, but the interior of the building was heavily damaged. The Kawartha Muslim Religious Association praised the community for its support in the wake of the attack.

Peterborough police Chief Murray Rodd echoed the statement. “We condemn attacks on innocents and their place of worship,” said Rodd.

Florida, US.

Update:

The FBI says threats made against two Tampa Bay-area mosques in the wake of terrorist attacks in France have been deemed not credible.

Threatening phone messages were left Friday night for the Islamic Society of St. Petersburg and the Islamic Society of Pinellas County.

The FBI's Tampa field office spokesman, Dave Couvertier, says the calls came from the same person, who was identified and interviewed over the weekend. Couvertier says investigators found no actual plans to carry out acts of violence.

Hatem Jaber, a volunteer and teacher at the St. Petersburg mosque, says the caller threatened to "firebomb" the mosque and also said Friday's attacks in Paris were "the last straw."

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In Florida, two mosques received bomb threats by phone.

“This act in France is the last straw. You’re going to f—king die,” said voice mails received by the Islamic Society of St. Petersburg late Friday night and early Saturday. “I personally have a militia that’s going to come down to your Islamic Society of Pinellas County and firebomb you, shoot whoever’s there on sight in the head. I don’t care if they’re f—king 2 years old or 100.”

A second message said: “I’m a red-blooded American watching the news in France…Guard your children. I don’t care if you’re extremists or not…Get out of my f—king country.”

The FBI is investigating the threat, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

A news release from the Council on American-Islamic Relations reported that another Florida mosque received a similar voice mail that threatened to “bomb the location” and shoot people “at will.”

Other threats

Meanwhile in Orlando, a Muslim family came home from a charity event for the homeless Sunday morning to find a bullet hole in their garage door.

“Just a little bit of a black hole in a beige garage door, when we parked right there,” Amir Elmasri told Click Orlando. “So, it’s in front of my eyes and I said, ‘What is that?'”

It was the result of a bullet that had gone through the garage and into their master bedroom.

The women of the family wear traditional hijabs in public. They, as well as their neighbors, believe they were targeted for their faith.

Michigan police are investigating a Twitter threat made Saturday afternoon.

“Dearborn, MI has the highest Muslim population in the United States,” the now-deleted tweet read. “Let’s f—k that place up and send a message to ISIS. We’re coming.”

More in the links. There are posts in Facebook articles about the Peterborough incident encouraging to burn even more Mosques. I hope the police investigates these threats. It's really disgusting that these are happening.

 

[Thelonelykoopa]

Damn ISIS oh wait..

 

[LordDash]

We're better than this.

Shameful acts.

 

[orochi91]

Community doing a good job supporting the Muslims in Peterborough, thankfully.

Hope they find the shit-stain that burnt it.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

It's gonna be a fun ride..........................................

 

[Kill Your Masters]

Damn ISIS oh wait..

ISIS leaders are basically high fiving each other now as this is exactly what they want.

 

[Jason's Ultimatum]

St. Petersburg.............I live in the city. SMH.

 

[backflip10019]

God dammit. I mean it's predictable that certain close-minded people will react this way, but it's upsetting to see it happen.

 

[Elitist1945]

Thought my fellow Canadians were better than that. Shame on everyone who commits acts like this. Embarrassing.

 

[Numb]

Just sad

 

[params7]

Canada?

 

[marrec]

I know how we'll show those ISIS bastards that we're not afraid, we'll become terrorists ourselves!

 

[Tagyhag]

We're better than this.

Shameful acts.

Nah we're not, it's a typical response from the ignorant.

I don’t care if you’re extremists or not…Get out of my f—king country.

This is surprising though, they realize that Muslims and extremists are different, but they still want them out.

 

[Karl Hawk]

Shameful. Absolutely fucking shameful

 

[Newtype-001]

*sigh*

 

[andycapps]

ISIS leaders are basically high fiving each other now as this is exactly what they want.

Came here to post this. These idiots are playing into ISIS strategy.

 

[orochi91]

This is surprising though, they realize that Muslims and extremists are different, but they still want them out.

Yea, that was unexpected.

It seems more chilling than the usual ignorant bigot.

 

[marrec]

This is surprising though, they realize that Muslims and extremists are different, but they still want them out.

That's because they've always wanted all of them out, they're racists, but now they have whatever justifies as an excuse in their mind to make threats.

 

[Veritigo_X]

Shouldn't be surprising after the dog whistles from right wing politicians over the weekend. They're partially responsible for this.

 

[LQX]

Terrible, but some of you are acting as if these are in anyway comparable to blowing up and shooting hundreds of people.

 

[eddie4]

Ignorant people terrorizing innocent people.

 

[torre_avenue]

And next up on the horribleness agenda will be the violence against refugees in camps in Calais and probably across Europe.

 

[victreeb3l]

Good on the churches that are offering the displaced Muslims space to worship. Those dudes and dudettes deserve high fives.

I hope no one gets hurt. Threats are no joke.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Terrible, but some of you are acting as if these are in anyway comparable to blowing up and shooting hundreds of people.

Who is making that comparison?

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Terrible, but some of you are acting as if these are in anyway comparable to blowing up and shooting hundreds of people.

Quote them..

 

[Ziltoidia 9]

You can hate radical islam while still being smart enough to not hurt innocent people.

Why is this so hard for the west to grasp.

 

[Newtype-001]

Terrible, but some of you are acting as if these are in anyway comparable to blowing up and shooting hundreds of people.

Where they at tho.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Terrible, but some of you are acting as if these are in anyway comparable to blowing up and shooting hundreds of people.

1) nobody has
2) countering terrorism with terrorism is fucking idiotic regardless

 

[Funky Papa]

LQX, everyone.

 

[A.D. Skinner]

Got to love that one of them even seems to understand that it's extremists doing these, but still wants to attack regular folk.

 

[Sai-kun]

disgusting. really don't have much to add that hasn't been said already.

Terrible, but some of you are acting as if these are in anyway comparable to blowing up and shooting hundreds of people.

let's name some names bruh

 

[Piggus]

Meanwhile in Orlando, a Muslim family came home from a charity event for the homeless Sunday morning to find a bullet hole in their garage door.

Fuck this world.

 

[andycapps]

Terrible, but some of you are acting as if these are in anyway comparable to blowing up and shooting hundreds of people.

Well, in the quoted article in the OP, we have people threatening to blow up or shoot hundreds of people, discriminate of age. Those are terroristic threats. Do we ignore those comments until someone actually makes good on the threats?

 

[killer rin]

Good on the Peterborough community for working to help replace the damage. Helpfully the assholes who burned down a place of peaceful warship within the city will be brought to justice

 

[orochi91]

Well, in the quoted article in the OP, we have people threatening to blow up or shoot hundreds of people, discriminate of age. Those are terroristic threats. Do we ignore those comments until someone actually makes good on the threats?

LQX, can you please respond to this?

 

[eddie4]

There are 1.6 BILLION Muslims in this world. If they were all terrorist, we would all be dead.

 

[marrec]

LQX, can you please respond to this?

Can we send someone to check on LQX please?

 

[ItIsOkBro]

When the Ottawa attack happened a mosque was vandalized as well. Locals came together to support the Muslim community and show that Canada is better than that, and I expect the same here. Of course, this shouldn't happen in the first place. I just want the arsonist to know that it's him and his values that don't belong in Canada or anywhere.

 

[Numb]

Got to love that one of them even seems to understand that it's extremists doing these, but still wants to attack regular folk.

Not all are stupid or blind enough not to know.
Just waiting for a moment to do whatever they wanted.

 

[Gold_Loot]

So the answer to terror, is to cause more terror?

.. Shitheads.

 

[LQX]

Can we send someone to check on LQX please?

...we'll become terrorists ourselves!

How is that not making it comparable?

 

[JustenP88]

The only difference between ISIS and these idiots is fortitude (I really need a better word). Throw them wherever we'd throw an ISIS member if captured. They deserve each other.

 

[Yaphett Kotto]

This is exactly what ISIS wants and of course, retards here in the Western regions give it to them.

Hope the police finds everyone involved in all this shit.

 

[Boke1879]

How is that not making it comparable?

Who even compared it? Still those are terrorist acts and hopefully those people get caught and punished accordingly.

Should we ignore these threats because they aren't on the same level?

 

[marrec]

How is that not making it comparable?

Setting fire to a mosque is clearly terrorism, dunno what else you wanna call it.

 

[Boke1879]

It's funny how someone actually realizes it's extremists yet want them all out. That's just point blank racism and ignorance

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Setting fire to a mosque is clearly terrorism, dunno what else you wanna call it.

Arsonism..

 

[marrec]

Arsonism..

They weren't TARGETING the Mosque, they just happened to set fire to it.

 

[Numb]

This is exactly what ISIS wants and of course, retards here in the Western regions give it to them.

Hope the police finds everyone involved in all this shit.

Don't care about the normal muslims and their lives. Just want a bloodbath among both sides.

 

[LQX]

Who even compared it? Still those are terrorist acts and hopefully those people get caught and punished accordingly.

Should we ignore these threats because they aren't on the same level?

No! But at the same time I think we can differentiate people being angry at the situation from murderers killing hundreds to terrorize the world.