Minneapolis Muslim Attacked in Hate-Crime while Leaving Masjid

From the Minneapolis - St. Paul Star Tribune:

A man leaving a mosque in St. Cloud was assaulted in what police described Sunday as a crime motivated by bias.

The victim, a 26-year-old man, was approached about 2:15 p.m. outside the mosque, in the 600 block of 7th Avenue S., by a white man, later identified as a 33-year-old Isanti, Minn., resident. The suspect has been arrested and was awaiting charges.

The suspect, police said, accused the victim of being a Muslim terrorist. The suspect then shoved the victim and elbowed him in the head, sending his glasses flying.

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• Star Tribune: Police: Bias is behind attack on man leaving St. Cloud mosque

Northern Colorado Masjid Attacked by Gunfire

An excerpt from an article from The Tribune of northern Colorado:

Abu Faraj of Greeley was concerned Thursday when he discovered that the mosque he oversees had been shot at three times sometime during the day.

Faraj, who said he is the head of the community at the Islamic Center of Greeley Mosque, 1600 8th Ave., said this is not the first time something like this has happened there.

A mosque is a place of worship for people of the Islamic faith.

Faraj said it appears as though the shots came from a BB gun or a .22-caliber automatic weapon that had been fired from a distance. Three holes impacted the window, which cracked in several places but did not shatter.

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• The Tribune: Greeley mosque damaged by apparent gunfire