{"id":7481,"date":"2019-05-15T15:50:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T15:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/7481-fire-chief-fire-at-new-haven-mosque-was-intentionally-set\/"},"modified":"2019-05-15T15:50:14","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T15:50:14","slug":"fire-chief-fire-at-new-haven-mosque-was-intentionally-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/7481-fire-chief-fire-at-new-haven-mosque-was-intentionally-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Chief: Fire at New Haven Mosque was intentionally set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">With Ramadan underway, a mosque in New Haven, US state of Connecticut, was a daily gathering place for Muslims to be among friends and family as they broke their fast.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>With Ramadan underway, a mosque in New Haven, US state of Connecticut, was a daily gathering place for Muslims to be among friends and family as they broke their fast.<\/p>\n<p>But on Sunday, worshipers received devastating news: A fire had broken out just before 4 p.m., rendering the mosque uninhabitable.<\/p>\n<p>And on Monday, New Haven officials delivered another blow: They announced that they believed that the fire had been set intentionally.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, nobody was hurt in the blaze that caused significant damage.<\/p>\n<p>The specific motive for the arson was unclear. There have been no arrests and the investigation is continuing, the authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant Fire Chief Orlando Marcano said there&#8217;s a $2,500 reward for any information leading to an arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont condemned the incident on Twitter saying, &#8220;A hate-fueled attack on a religious institution &#8212; any religion &#8212; is disgusting and appalling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The arson came at a time when places of worship have been frequent targets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-19187\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_15_40474_321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_15_40474_321.jpg 600w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/images_2019_05_15_40474_321-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Ramadan underway, a mosque in New Haven, US state of Connecticut, was a daily gathering place for Muslims to be among friends and family as they broke their fast. \u00a0 \u00a0 With Ramadan underway, a mosque in New Haven, US state of Connecticut, was a daily gathering place for Muslims to be among friends &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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