Imam Johari Abdul-Malik is director of outreach for a Washington Islamic Center . The imam says the mosque has been targeted by hate groups in recent years and that he believes it was set on fire because its congregation had become too liberal. The spiritual says , `` I come too far from where I started from , nobody told me the road would be easy . '' U.S. Muslims have the right to live without the `` terrorist '' stigma , he says .
Imam Johari Abdul-Malik is director of outreach for a Washington Islamic Center . The imam says the mosque has been targeted by hate groups in recent years and that he believes it was set on fire because its congregation had become too liberal. U.S. Muslims have the right to live without the `` terrorist '' stigma , he says .