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muriel_volestrangler

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32. School spokesman: fire was set by intruders

Reply to jessie04 (Reply #31)

Sun Jun 9, 2013, 11:42 AM

Jun 2013

An Islamic boarding school "was set alight by intruders" while 128 children and staff were inside, said a spokesman for the school.
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Two boys were treated for smoke inhalation and 10% of the building was damaged during the blaze, which was brought under control within an hour.

School adviser Saiyed Mahmood said: "The academic department of the school was set alight just before midnight by intruders. Initially the staff extinguished the fire and evacuated the students to safety.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/suspicious-fire-islamic-boarding-school-105917014.html#GsiJKT5

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Al-Rahma Islamic Centre destroyed in 'racist attack' [View all] muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 OP

Hurts, don't it. nt clarice Jun 2013 #1

Not the most enlightened response. Wilms Jun 2013 #2

but i understand the motivations of the vandals. samsingh Jun 2013 #9

Understanding and advocating are two different things. n/t Wilms Jun 2013 #12

agreed - i'm not advocating. but i remember the soldier who was brutally murdered samsingh Jun 2013 #15

And the attackers remembered that tens of thousands of innocents have died. Wilms Jun 2013 #17

Exactly. jessie04 Jun 2013 #18

+100 demosincebirth Jun 2013 #27

really ? you get scott Roeder also ? the guy who shot up the sikh temple ? JI7 Jun 2013 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author samsingh Jun 2013 #20

they're completely different. samsingh Jun 2013 #21

how? they're both acts of violence by bigots aimed at innocents Violet_Crumble Jun 2013 #22

It's apparently okay if the innocents are Muslims, I guess. Posteritatis Jun 2013 #33

That's what it looks like n/t Violet_Crumble Jun 2013 #34

If you want to keep score, you can go back for centuries... Blue_Tires Jun 2013 #24

do you understand the motives of those who burn a Synagogue or deface a Jewish Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #25

Can you expand on that? muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #3

And don't you also use the term 'Democrat party'? Kingofalldems Jun 2013 #7

I did, but thanks to the help of nice people like you, I won't anymore. clarice Jun 2013 #13

Welcome to my ignore list. closeupready Jun 2013 #23

Hello, Clarice hamster Jun 2013 #28

"a community centre which was mainly used by children after school" Sunlei Jun 2013 #4

I'm very glad to hear that.nt clarice Jun 2013 #5

agreed samsingh Jun 2013 #10

Violent nutcases on both sides cosmicone Jun 2013 #6

that's true samsingh Jun 2013 #11

Disgusting act of violence. So glad nobody was hurt... nt riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #8

Ditto. nt clarice Jun 2013 #14

This is very sad. jessie04 Jun 2013 #16

this is sad. violence serves no purpose. DesertFlower Jun 2013 #26

Agree jessie04 Jun 2013 #29

And now a fire at an Islamic boarding school in London muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #30

Very unfortunate. jessie04 Jun 2013 #31

School spokesman: fire was set by intruders muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #32

An inaccurate characterization. Nolimit Jun 2013 #35

But "Muslim" = "Central/South Asian" in most British people's minds. nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #36