Is Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) up to her usual tricks again? A recent post on X, formerly Twitter, could lead one to believe this is the case.
Last Friday, Omar wrote a post about a fire at the Mercy Islamic Center in Minneapolis, which caused quite a bit of damage to the facility. The lawmaker noted that an arsonist had targeted the building earlier this year, attempting to burn the building while 100 people were inside. She said she was “grateful that no one was hurt” and that she was “praying for the safety of my community.”
However, while the fire at the mosque is disturbing, especially against the backdrop of the war between Israel and Hamas, there was one detail Omar did not highlight: Law enforcement does not believe the fire was intentionally set.
Muslim leaders and worshippers are on edge after a fire at the property of the Mercy Islamic Center.
The same mosque was set on fire less than a year ago. Investigators say Jackie Little was behind the fire intentionally set on the third floor. Little was also tied to burning down the mosque inside the Somali Mall. He is facing federal charges.
Minneapolis Police said they don’t believe the cause of the Wednesday’s fire to be suspicious at this time. However, that is not doing too much to ease the Muslim community’s concerns.
While Omar did not explicitly state that the current fire was the result of arson, her post seemed to insinuate such. This is particularly noteworthy due to rising concerns about antisemitism and Islamophobia coming from tensions over the war in the Middle East.