الولايات المتحدة: مسجد كانساس يتلقى تهديدات قبيل تعرضه لحريق مدمر

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أكد "عبدالكريم جبريل" - رئيس الجمعية الإسلامية بولاية "كانساس" الأمريكية - أن المسجد الذي تَعَرَّض لحريق كبير الاثنين الماضي قد تلقى خلال الأشهر الماضية العديد من خطابات التهديد والسبّ والإساءة للرموز الإسلامية المقدسة والنيل من شخصه.

وقد أكد أن هناك من عبث بصنبور المياه الخاص بالمسجد ليلة تعرض المسجد للحريق، مشيرًا إلى أن الخطابات التي كانت تصل للمسجد والتي لم يُكشَف عنها للشرطة قبيل تعرض المسجد للحريق - كانت تحمل نفس الطابع الكتابي والإشارة لهجمات 11 سبتمبر.

وقد أعرب مجلس العلاقات الإسلامية الأمريكية عن متابعته لسير التحقيقات، والتأكد من أنها ستصبح "جريمة كراهية ذات دوافع دينية"، وخاصة في ظل تعرض كثير من المساجد ومواقع بناء المساجد في مختلف الولايات الأمريكية لحوادث تفجير متعمدة. المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Kansas mosque that burned had received anti-Islam letters, leader says

A Muslim mosque in Wichita that was heavily damaged by fire early Monday had received anti-Islam letters in recent months.

Somebody also had begun turning on its outside water faucet overnight to hike its water bill, its leader said.

Abdelkarim Jibril, president of the Islamic Association of Mid Kansas, said the letters put down Islam, called the prophet Muhammad a pig, and enclosed drawings that mocked him.

The mosque received about eight of the letters starting four to six months ago, but they had stopped about a month ago, he said.

Jibril said the mosque hadn't turned the letters over to authorities before the fire.

The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives joined the fire investigation Monday.

The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.

Investigators are aware of the letters.

"We don't know if any of the letters have any relationship to the fire at this point. It's something we're looking into though," said Wichita fire Lt. Troy Thissen.

"We're not ruling out anything," Wichita fire Capt. Stuart Bevis said.

The blaze was reported at 12:45 a.m. at the association.

The fire spread quickly and gutted the attic, Bevis said. Damage was set at about $130,000.

"It's a fairly good-sized structure," he said. "We had fire get up in the attic space early on."

Firefighters had to assume a defensive posture soon after arrival because of the danger posed by being inside the structure with upper levels on fire, Bevis said.

The fire may well have totaled the mosque, he said, because of the extensive damage to the attic and roof support structure.

"We're going to be taking a lot of steps" to review evidence because the fire involves a religious meeting place, Bevis said.