What it’s like to see my husband’s mosque in New Haven set on fire

The Diyanet Mosque burns Sunday in New Haven, Conn. Police said the mosque was purposefully set on fire. By Elisabeth Becker Topkara May 14 at 4:34 PM When we moved from New Haven last year, we struggled to leave our family home, attached not only to the relationships we had built but also to the leafy green streets, the exceptional Yale University libraries and the Diyanet Mosque where our son spent much of his early life.

For my husband, a Turkish German academic, this mosque brought his ancestry into the everyday life of the American city, a place where he not only prayed but spoke in the language of his parents, and where he befriended men like Yacob and Osman . The Diyanet Mosque allowed him, and therefore our family, to feel rooted in New Haven, fostering the feeling that we were home.

While it feels as if a fault line is spreading across the American imagination, these attacks know no geographical bounds, spanning states and institutions alike. A shared characteristic of recent attacks on mosques, synagogues and black churches includes the motivation of violence, an emboldened white supremacy that casts both religious and racial minorities as outsiders, seen as in but not of America.

Such attacks have taken place in a broader atmosphere in which hate crimes against Muslims, Jews and racial minorities have risen over the past three years, according to the FBI.

Inside job , virtue signaling and insurance fraud.

Its not good to see the mosque , church ,sinegog or any other religious building to get burned.We have to respect to each other’s choises about religion.We are not supposed to live in world forever so why hate so much.We had to make it easy for each other.

Sooooo sorry ma’am! There’s a great Christian church down the road that will help out for sure!

Why are you so sympathetic to Muslims alone? I have not seen any post from you concerning Kashmiri Pundits, Persecution of Hindus in Pakistan and other issues where Hindus are victims.

That's no good all religious structure and individuals need to be respected have the dignity to practice their faith as long as it is peaceful doesn't pose a danger to the community

That's too bad. Now can Muslims and sympathizers spare a thought for the thousands of people raped and butchered in the name of Islam in the the past two decades? Or the hundreds of millions since its inception? Muslims and Victim Complex. Name a more iconic duo.

white christian terrorists . .

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Wow. As a former CT'er, this makes me sorta sad. Connecticut is not a bastion for religious intolerance.

It’s disgusting.

it probably looks no different then the way the churches here in the US and Europe which have been set a blaze last few years look like engulfed with hate flames

So sorry. I do not condone hate. Be well.

It could be worse. You could live in a middle eastern country. It’s weird how Muslims are way better off in majority non Muslim countries.

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