Officials are calling for the bullet holes apparently left over the past week at a Muslim Community Center to be investigated as a hate crime, a news release said.
The office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR, is calling for an investigation into a possible hate crime by the Chicago police department, a CAIR-release said., adding the targeted act of violence, which occurred over the past week, appears to be yet another attack aimed at the Muslim community.
Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of CAIR-Chicago, said, ” It’s unclear what the source of what look like bullet holes is, whether a gun, a BB gun, or something else, but what seems clear is that the person who inflicted this damage on a Muslim house of worship did not come in peace. This attack is not just on a building; it is an attack on the Muslim community’s safety and right to worship freely.”
The Muslim community has been deeply concerned by this discovery, which follows a worrying rise in Islamophobic attacks nationwide.
Authorities have begun their investigation, but initial reports categorize the incident as property damage, the release said.
