Springfield Mosque Victims of Vandalism

DDHK News - The mosque at the Springfield Islamic Center, Missori, United States is a victim of vandalism. This was said by the mosque management yesterday. The offensive writings littering mosques are believed to be crimes motivated by hatred against Islam (hate crimes).

Joseph Pollpeter, a spokesman for the Springfield Islamic Center, said graffiti tinged attacks and insults against Islam was found on three outer walls Saturday morning last week. Pollpeter said it had contacted the Springfield police and the FBI.

The graffiti that has littered the mosque building includes images of male genitalia near the entrance to women. One of the graffiti depicts God as gay.

Pollpeter said he did not know who was responsible for the graffiti. "There is nothing that we suspect," Pollpeter said as quoted by the Kansas City website (13/1). "We are on good terms with all of our neighbors."

Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington-based Muslim advocacy organization, said in a release yesterday that his organization wanted state legal authorities and federal law enforcement to immediately investigate vandalism as a hate-motivated crime against Islam and Muslims. that.

Bridget Patton, spokeswoman for the FBI's Kansas City office, said the FBI is investigating the graffiti, but has determined it is not a hate crime. (Mel / AP / Kansas City). *

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