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FBI Investigates Mosque Shooting In Florida
by Jay



    When 59-year-old Delacie Phillips stepped outside of the mosque at the Islamic Society of Brevard County, he wanted to call some friends and let them know that Ramadan would officially start Saturday. But what happened next was something he didn’t expect – bullets began hitting the walls near him.

    Phillips took cover behind a wide concrete pillar, and waited a few moments for the gunfire to stop. He then raced back inside the mosque to call 9-1-1, and warn the more than 300 members inside that someone had shot at the building. There were children playing outside of the mosque on the other side of the building, and Phillips quickly brought them inside.

    He was so flustered he forgot he had a cell phone in his hand.

    No one was injured by the five shots that struck the building. The Melbourne Police Department searched the undeveloped woods to the south of the mosque, the area where they believe the shots originated from, but don’t have any suspects yet. They searched the area Friday night when the incident happened, and again Saturday morning. The police will be increasing patrols around the mosque for at least the next couple of days, police spokeswoman Jill Frederiksen said.

    Given the nature of the incident, the FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force have been notified and have offered to assist with the investigation.

    The suspects, if caught, will face charges of “shooting at or into an occupied structure,” a second-degree felony.

It really isn’t suprising that something like this has happened. Of course we condemn this action. I have no doubt it was acting out from people that have convinced themselves that Islam itself is the enemy. I highly urge the moderate Muslims in America to start speaking up loudly and making Americans understand that it is extremist views of their religion, and not the mainstream that is the enemy.

To those that are guilty of this attack, you are no better than the extremists of Islam. You endangered innocent children and innocent Americans. Your outrageous acts are no different than the ignorant acts of Islamic extremists rioting over the Pope.

Again, it isn’t suprising. The best way to stomp this kind of stuff out is for the mainstream Muslims to start standing up and speaking out loudly against the extremists defining Islam to the majority of Americans.

Andrea Shea King of Radio Patriots is on the same page:

    Is there something that should be done by the Muslim community to help the rest of us believe that what takes place in some –no, many — mosques isn’t happening here? Just askin’…

Yes, there is. Start speaking up loudly and distinguishing themselves from the radical interpretations of their religions. Start being a part of the solution and stop sitting in the sidelines pretending to be helpless.