Northeast Philly Resident Charged With Burning Mosque On Tyson Ave.
by Alex Lloyd Gross
According to federal officials, Vincent Lang hates Muslims, and anything else that is not White America. They say he took that hate and allegedly set fire to The Northeast Philadelphia Islamic Center located near Castor and Tyson Ave. This happened at 2:06 AM July 5, 2026.
Upon arrival, fire crews found the building on fire. Investigation showed that the fire was intentionally set Security footage showed someone taking a bag that was on fire and tossing it into the entryway of the building. Explosive detection dogs would later alert to the same spot .
Lang’s vehicle was captured on cameras around the area. He had anti Muslim propaganda sayings all over his vehicle. When federal investigators saw his car after the fire, it appeared, according to court documents that he added more statements.
A Facebook post about the fire was attributed to Lang. It read: “We as Americans need to
start playing the Islamic game back 1 use the term amerifobia against them they are amerifobic
Islamist right.2 as they burn churches across Europe and America 2 more in ny yesterday burn these mosques with mozzeltof cocktails or whatever because obviously it’s ok. 3 harassing them every time there is a call to prayer interrupt it anyway you can.
It’s a start. Philly was thefirst city to burn a mosque birth place of America rightfully so in my book. Mask up cover your hands and do it fuXX men of America grow some balls before they take the. And do evil
things to your family if you ignore Europe and Ireland and Frank rape gangs just torturing
white Christian girls. In some of the most hanis ways. Nailing a young girl’s tongue to a wall
so she can do anything….” All of the spelling errors and grammatical mistakes were left intact. He also asked how the burning of the Mosque could be a hate crime “If it was done out of love.”
He was charged with maliciously damaging or destroying by means of fire any building or property used in interstate commerce, or attempting to do so, in connection with an arson fire.