"Everything happened so quickly, in such a short time," Shamim Qadri, a longtime worshiper at this mosque.

He and his daughter had just completed afternoon prayers Friday when the flames broke out.

"It is very sad. We don't really talk about that whether somebody did it or what, but we think it's an accident," said Fauzia Qadri.

However, investigators said it appears to be no accident, according to the fire department. Arson investigators spent most of the day Saturday at the mosque, collecting evidence and interviewing business owners.

"It's a place of worship. It's Christmas day," said MJ Khan of the Islamic Society of Greater Houston. "There were Friday prayers and everyone was here doing their prayers and then this happened."
 

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