Texas Mosque Welcomes Church Damaged by Car Crash

A Texas mosque that was destroyed by a fire early last year is opening its doors to church members who lost their place of worship after a car crashed into the facility.

The Victoria Advocate reports that the Victoria Islamic Center offered its worship space Sunday to a group of about 30 members of the Unitarian Universalist Church.

The church's president Manuel Zamora expects to use the Islamic center for several months as they relocate or rebuild after a vehicle barreled through the church last week.

No one was injured in the crash.

Mosque leaders are familiar with losing a place of worship after the Islamic center was destroyed by a blaze last year. Marq Vincent Perez has been indicted on a hate crime charge for the fire.

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