The suspicion in the Central Ontario town is that one or more vandals lashed out at local Muslims following Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris, which were perpetrated by terrorists acting in the name of the Islamic State militants in the Middle East.
Source/Credit: The Globe and Mail
By Colin Freeze | November 15, 2015
Congregants at Peterborough’s Masjid Al Salaam – literally, “the peace mosque” – are looking for a temporary new home after someone set fire to their building Saturday night.
The suspicion in the Central Ontario town is that one or more vandals lashed out at local Muslims following Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris, which were perpetrated by terrorists acting in the name of the Islamic State militants in the Middle East.
“It looks like a hate crime,” said Zahid Sultan, vice-president of the local Muslim association. Peterborough police have “told us they are taking this as a hate crime and they have taken evidence into their custody,” he said.
Speaking by phone as he surveyed the damage, Mr. Sultan said somebody threw a flammable bottle of liquid through a main floor window. He estimated that the attack caused up to $100,000 in smoke damage to the mosque, which is a converted house.
Peterborough is a small city about an hour northeast of Toronto. The local mosque, now more than a decade old, sees more than 100 visitors each week for Friday prayers. The space is also used by children for instruction in Arabic and the Koran.
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