Calif. Muslims want fed probe of pig-leg vandalism

ONTARIO, Calif.—Pig’s legs were thrown on the proposed site of a Southern California mosque, and a Muslim civil rights group is asking federal officials to investigate. Worshippers said two women threw the three legs onto the driveway of the proposed Al-Nur Islamic Center in Ontario shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday and sped away in a…

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Rhode Island Muslims ask for FBI, police security help after mosque vandalism

Members of Rhode Island’s Muslim community have asked to meet with police and the FBI to request heightened security at their places of worship after the sign for a mosque in North Smithfield was vandalized. Farid Ansari, president of the Rhode Island Council for Muslim Advancement and an imam at the Muslim American Dawah Center of Rhode…

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CFCM calls for action against racist insults in Tarascon, France

News Agencies – May 24, 2012 A leading French Muslim group says three mosques have been vandalized and is urging authorities to punish the perpetrators. The French Council of the Muslim Faith, or CFCM, said racist insults and Nazi slogans were scrawled on a mosque in the southeastern town of Tarascon and another in the…

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Dutch Town Property Hit with Pro-Moroccan Vandalism

5 March 2012   Property in Zundert, a town in the Netherlands, was targeted with anti-Dutch vandalism. 22 cars, as well as wall, fences, and a school playground were painted with pro-Moroccan slogans overnight. Police are searching for perpetrators, as residents clean the neighbourhood.  

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Vandals caused $60,000 in damage to mosque under construction in Va.

Vandals attacked an under-construction mosque in Chantilly over the weekend, causing extensive damage, authorities said. All of the mosque’s first-level windows and door glass were shattered by thrown rocks, causing about $60,000 in damages, according to Usman Ghumman, general secretary for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Mosque. He said the doors and windows were custom made…

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