Islamic community plans to rebuild torched mosque

The Islamic community says it will repair and reopen the arson-damaged Florida mosque that was occasionally attended by Orlando nightclub gunman Omar Mateen.

Hamaad Rahman, assistant imam of the Islamic Center of Fort Pierce, said the mosque's approximately 100 members are "saddened and scared" by a fire, which was started late on Sunday and burned for more than five hours before it was extinguished early on Monday. The fire was started on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the start of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha.

"Our community is bigger than a building. We are stronger than that," Rahman said on Monday. "I feel we will be able to pull together from this, and as time goes by we will be able to rebuild."