As I write this ISIS is terrorizing other religious sects in the middle east, destroying religious artifacts of other faiths simply because those faiths are not Islam and also because ISIS is pure evil. And as I right this, there are some in this country being terrorized at their places of worship by America’s own home bred terrorists, operating under the hateful mantle of racism.
A predominately black church that was once the target of the Klu Klux Klan in Greeleyville, South Carolina was in flames on Tuesday night, making it the seventh to burn in the past week in an increasingly worrisome list of church fires across the South.
The fires, six of which are now under investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, have raised questions of racial targeting in the wake of the Charleston church shooting that left nine black churchgoers dead and sparked a debate over the role of the Confederate flag in public life.
Arson is suspected in relation to at least three of the fires. A federal law enforcement source told the AP that preliminary indications are that the fire at the Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville was not intentionally set and was not arson. However, the fire is still under investigation, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
