The Muslims watching from across the street saw the mosque disappear slowly, the flames creeping over the roof and licking the copper domes before turning the heart of their community into ash.
Abed Ajrami, 50, a longtime member of the mosque, stood with friends behind the firefighters' cordon as a light rain began to fall, mixing with their tears. He took a photo of the blaze and posted it on Facebook.
“We will rebuild, with LOVE!” Ajrami wrote as the caption.
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