Letters Threatening Muslims Sent to Four US Mosques
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Four mosques — three in California and one in Georgia — have received letters threatening that US President-elect Donald Trump will do to Muslims what Adolf Hitler “did to the Jews,” according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR.
The handwritten letters, which referred to Muslims as “children of Satan,” were mailed to Islamic centers in San Jose, Long Beach and Pomona in California, and most recently, in Savannah, Ga.
The letters called Trump the “new sheriff in town” who will “cleanse America and make it shine again” by eradicating the country’s Muslim population.
It has prompted council chapters in California to appeal for stepped-up police protection of mosques.
“This hate campaign targeting California houses of worship must be investigated as an act of religious intimidation, and our state’s leaders should speak out against the growing anti-Muslim bigotry that leads to such incidents,” said Hussam Ayloush, leader of the council’s Los Angeles branch., AFP reported.
Since Trump- who railed against Muslims and immigrants during the campaign- was elected on November 8, more than 100 anti-Muslim incidents have occurred across the US, said CAIR.
It quoted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which monitors hate crimes, as saying over 700 incidents targeting different minority groups had been documented since election day.
