Georgia Mosque Gets Same Hateful Letter Also Sent to California Locations

The letter addressed to the "children of Satan" says there is a new sheriff in town who will do to Muslims what Hitler did to the Jews.

SAVANNAH, GA — A hateful letter threatening Muslims that was sent to at least five mosques in California has also been sent to the Islamic Center of Savannah, the Georgia chapter of the Council of American Islamic Relations said in a statement.

Edward Ahmed Mitchell, executive director of CAIR Georgia, said his office found out about the letter sent to the Savannah mosque on Saturday. Mitchell told Patch it was disconcerting that the letter was sent to several mosques in California and to a mosque in Savannah.

"I can't make sense of it," he said.

A man who runs the mosque told a responding police officer he received a threatening letter in the mail, according to a Nov. 27 Savannah-Chatham Police Department report. The letter stated that there was a new sheriff in town (in reference to President-elect Donald Trump) and he was going to get rid of all Muslims in America and clean the country like Hitler did to the Jews, according to the report.

The letter appeared to be a copy and had a return address of Savannah but was mailed from California, the report said.

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