Synagogue in London that was sold to Muslim mosque falls victim to arson

In the past month, a synagogue was sold in London to a Muslim group, or was going to be. Now, it looks like that same synagogue was set on fire:

Counter-terrorism police are investigating a suspected arson attack at a former synagogue.

The fire was reported at 05:16 BST on Tuesday at the former East London Central Synagogue building in Whitechapel.

The Met said initial CCTV footage indicated the fire was started deliberately.

The suspected arson follows a series of attacks and attempted attacks on the Jewish community in recent weeks. [...]

Hamzah, who lives near the former synagogue - which he believes is being turned into a mosque - said: "I came out this morning and saw it was all blocked off... I heard there was a firebomb on the synagogue."

He added that he did not know why someone would do that. [...]

The former synagogue was due to be sold at auction earlier this year, with a separate bid by a Muslim group to buy the building and convert it into a mosque and community centre.

If it was torched by Muslim arsonists, that's definitely quite an irony. As noted here, the former synagogue is on Nelson Street, so it looks like the same one fell victim to the Religion of Peace its former management was going to sell to, in a pure act of dhimmitude. While it's definitely bad it was torched, I still can't comprehend why it was going to be sold to a mosque movement but not to a Hindu temple movement, in example. Seriously, just because Hinduism and Shintoism may not be monotheistic religions, does that make it wrong to sell to them? Of course not. Now, an oxymoron took place, and the sadness is only furthered.