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Fri May 12, 2023, 07:59 PM May 2023

St. Paul mosque vandalized weeks after arsons at Islamic centers in Minneapolis

Friday morning around 7 A.M. May 12

The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Minnesota) is calling for an investigation into a possible bias motive after a St. Paul mosque was vandalized Friday morning.

Surveillance footage captured the incident at the Masjid Al Sunnah Mosque around 7 a.m. A person with a hooded sweatshirt, mask and blue umbrella is seen approaching the mosque in the parking lot before throwing a concrete slab or rock three times at the door, causing "significant damage," CAIR said.

It's the fifth time a Minnesota mosque has been vandalized in 2023, and comes a few weeks after arsons at two Minneapolis mosques, which are now being prosecuted as federal hate crimes.

MORE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/st-paul-mosque-vandalized-weeks-after-arsons-at-islamic-centers-in-minneapolis/ar-AA1b7xFi

Video at link. You can skip the first 50 seconds.

Edited to add link to the April 23-24 arsons: https://www.democraticunderground.com/105912635
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