The majority in the community is only attempting to protect their best interest, and there have been a notable amount of questionable actions performed by members that attend this particular mosque. However, this in the only Islamic Center within the county—the correlation would appear to be invalid because of this factor. What is interesting, is that many individuals had expressed worry for those who have committed atrocious acts. Why would they not have reported these attitudes, comments or plans? Some members of the county find this to be unforgivable, for these events could have possibly been stopped—and blame members of mosque’s community to be at blame. While researching this topic it can be understandable that there was a lack of intervention. The relationship between the sheriff and this religious group has been less than tasteful. There is a history of condescending treatment and unjust dictations against the minority group. If there had been requests for the sheriff to look into these matters, what would it cost this rapidly growing religious group? There is founded doubt that there would be fair treatment and the ongoing resentment would cause reprimands for the whole religious community.
The response to the occurrence of the Pulse shooting seemed typical. Fear and hate motivate one another to place blame on an individual that is still living to take the blame. What is interesting is the response—immediately due to the shooter’s descent and religious beliefs this tragedy is labeled as terrorism. This is true, the event caused the entire nation unease—especially for the niche of the LGBTQ community. Where are these members safe, if not at a meeting space where they can feel comfortable to express themselves how they desire without negative societal pressure or fear of persecution? However, there are church shootings committed by troubled young men where people are murdered without reason or cause… This is how it is explained at least at the shooting at an ‘all-Black church’ in Charleston. This wasn’t considered an act of terrorism by the masses—the difference was the tragedy was committed by a White male. Regardless, both of these actions can at least be considered hate crimes.
When analyzing this situation in St Lucie County, we could use the term radical. Members of the county considered the Pulse shooter to be a radical Muslim. This is understandable if you link this action not to personal hatred, but to religion. On the same level, there have been many radical individuals reporting and taking action against the Muslim community and using the Islamic Center as an outlet. News articles posted, include the Pulse shooter’s name in the headline to describe the building when explaining the arson. The arsonist was also a well-known affiliated member of a neighboring chapel. Fortunately, some of the community has donated funds for rebuilding and publically showing tolerance to counteract other members from terrorizing the Muslim members of the community.