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Can a hate peddler be the victim of a hate crime?
The people at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) seem to think so. It is not clear whether they agree that Salah Soltan, a former leader in the Columbus, Ohio Muslim community who is hailed by some Islamists as an influential scholar, is a hate monger. He has issued fatwas sanctioning the murder of Zionists, and who has said the 9/11 attacks were "planned within the U.S., in order to enable the U.S. to control and terrorize the entire world."
Soltan's home in Hilliard was nearly destroyed early Monday morning in a fire described as arson by local investigators. Soltan's adult son and a roommate escaped without injuries. CAIR issued a statement asking the FBI to investigate the fire as a hate crime, noting two recent incidents in which anti-Muslim graffiti was painted on the house.