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grrspit:

The Islamic Center of New Mexico was hit by a Molotov cocktail Friday morning.

This is my father’s masjid.  Children play here.  There’s a big playground right in the front.

Okay, I’m sorry, I’m really upset by this.

My father, who has served as an imam in Santa Fe and who is currently and has in the past been on the board of this mosque, is forever giving talks to churches and comparative religions classes and whatnot about Islam.  He’s like the local go-to guy.  He just gave a talk like last week.

I’ve been to these talks before, and they always upset me, because they amount to really ignorant white people asking the same five stupid questions about 72 virgins and do-you-condemn-terrorism and the like.  I can always picture them telling their friends, I met a Muslim, and he didn’t have claws or fangs or behead his wife or anything! 

And my father, a man of infinite patience, always answers their stupid questions and earnestly tries to educate them about his religion without getting upset.

And he is repayed for his work by having a molotov cocktail thrown at his house of worship, right next to where the children play.  A building that the community recently rebuilt after raising money amongst themselves (the last one had fallen into disrepair and was way too small besides).

So, when people wonder where the Muslims condemning terrorism are, I’m going to wonder when the people of Albuquerque are going to apologize to my father for this bullshit.

Albuquerque mosque hit by Molotov cocktail