Investigators have identified a woman believed to have threatened people at the Islamic Association of Tarrant County on Sunday afternoon.
The FBI has interviewed the woman, but Fort Worth police tell NBC 5 it's not clear yet whether her actions will be considered a crime.
One of the alleged targets of that woman's rant said Monday she is not the one with whom he's angry.
The call to prayer is a constant rhythm in the southwest Fort Worth neighborhood surrounding the Islamic Association of Tarrant County. The chanting voice weaves through daily lives there and right now, it cuts through pain, grief and anger.
"And there's that helplessness," added Babak Sekandari.
He wishes he could stop every radical attack made in the name of his religion.
"I was just so angry that this happened," said Sekandari.
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So when a woman came into the mosque on Sunday and told him, "50 people were dead in Orlando and I was personally responsible for that," it hurt.
Sekandari said he also heard her say, "Get your smelly 'somethings' back to your homelands."
Then outside, other mosque members said she told them someone was coming back to kill them. Fort Worth police and the FBI are investigating, but there are no charges so far and to Sekandari that's OK.
"She was probably just grief-stricken and she felt helpless and she felt like she had to do something, and I don't blame her one bit for that," Sekandari said.
He feels that grief too.
"When I saw the faces of the victims in Orlando, I feel like the focus should be on them," he said.
So, to him, one woman's comments seem small.
"The woman that came into the mosque, I don't feel any anger or resentment against her. The guy that went and did that (Orlando shootings), I cannot begin to express the amount of rage I have against that guy and anyone that might have been on his side," said Sekandari.
As the call rings out again, Sekandari prays for understanding.
"To try to see it from the other person's point of view," Sekandari said.
And he prays for peace for all.
Mosque leaders say they are still working with local investigators and the FBI to see if this rises to the level of a hate crime, or other charges.
Fort Worth police, meanwhile, are closely patrolling Islamic and LGBT centers throughout the city.
