Texas Mosque Destroyed By Fire Just Hours After Trump Signs Immigration Ban Order. Photos

​A Texas mosque has been ravaged by a fire just hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting migration from seven predominantly Muslim countries. A clerk at a convenience store spotted smoke and flames billowing from the Islamic Center of Victoria at around 2am on Saturday, and the fire department spent more than four hours battling the blaze.





Photos of the mosque show the dome topped, and and the center's president Shahid said: 'It looks completely destroyed.'

The imam was awake in the early morning hours and checked the mosque's online surveillance, only to find the alarm was inactive and the doors were unlocked, the Islamic center's president Shahid Hashmi said.

Just last week, someone broke into the mosque and stole a number of electronics, including laptops.

Victoria Fire Marshal Tom Legler asked for help from the Texas Fire Marshal's Office and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to determine what caused the blaze.

Authorities said it was too early to speculate, and Hashmi said: 'We don't have any lead or information as to what started the fire and what happened. 

'So I'm sure it's going to be a few days, they told us, before they can come up with any answers for us.'

No injuries were reported.