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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/muslims-fear-plot-revenge-attack.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="An office was set on fire at the Salman Al-Farisi Islamic Centre in Corvallis (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-muslims-fear-plot-revenge-attack.jpg" alt="An office was set on fire at the Salman Al-Farisi Islamic Centre in Corvallis (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Muslims in Oregon have said they feared a spate of revenge attacks after a mosque used by the Christmas tree bomb suspect was set ablaze.</p>
<p>The attack on the Salman Al-Farisi Islamic Centre in Corvallis came two days after the arrest of Mohamed Osman Mohamud, accused of trying to detonate a vanload of explosives at Portland&#8217;s Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Muslims said they feared the mosque blaze could be just the first volley of misplaced retribution.</p>
<p>The charges against Mohamud, 19, a Somali-born US citizen who was caught in an FBI sting operation in a state that has been largely accepting of Muslims, have shocked those who know him, who say they had no idea he had become radicalised.</p>
<p>The fire at the Islamic centre was reported at 2.15am on Sunday local time, and evidence at the scene led authorities to believe it was started intentionally, said Carla Pusateri, a fire prevention officer for the Corvallis Fire Department. Authorities said they believed the centre was targeted because Mohamud occasionally worshipped there.</p>
<p>Arthur Balizan, special agent in charge of the FBI in Oregon, said there was no conclusive link to the attempted bombing in Portland or specific evidence that it was a hate crime, other than the timing.</p>
<p>US Attorney Dwight Holton vowed to prosecute the case aggressively, saying: &#8220;The fact is that violent extremists come from all religions and no religion at all. For one person to blame a group, if that&#8217;s what happened here, is uniquely anti-American and will be pursued with the full force of the Justice Department.&#8221;</p>
<p>Mohamud is appearing in court on Monday accused of plotting to carry out a terror attack on a crowd of thousands at Portland&#8217;s Pioneer Courthouse Square.</p>
<p>On Friday, he parked what he allegedly thought was a bomb-laden van near the ceremony and then went to a nearby railway station, where he is said to have dialled a mobile phone that he believed would detonate the explosives, according to the FBI. Instead, authorities who had been monitoring him moved in and arrested him. No-one was hurt.</p>
<p>Sunday&#8217;s fire, burned 80% of the centre&#8217;s office but did not spread to worship areas or any other rooms, said Yosof Wanly, the centre&#8217;s imam.</p>
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