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The American Muslims - Nov 30, 2006
Mosques in U.S. that have experienced
violent or racist incidents
Sheila Musaji
Mosques in the U.S. are becoming dangerous places. Type MOSQUE in The American Muslim site search engine and you will turn up 234 entries. I can’t help but think that the violent rhetoric of conservative and religious commentators in America has to be counted as at least partially responsible for what is going on. When people say that Arabs are sub-human or that Muslim leaders should be killed and Muslims all converted to Christianity, it cannot help but have some effect over time. Ignorance and racism are a lot more powerful than people realize. throw in a bit of fear (talk about mosques needing surveillance, or being hotbeds of extremism), and even the most evolved of us may fall prey. Much of this violence is the result of religiously motivated reprisals against the Muslim community in general for acts committed by particular individuals or organizations.
According to the most recent CAIR Report on hate crimes there was a 29% increase in anti-Muslim hate crimes in 2005. “Overall, nine states and the District of Columbia accounted for almost 79 percent of all civil rights complaints to CAIR in 2005. These ten states are (in descending order): California (19%), Illinois (13%), New York (9%), Texas (8%), Virginia (7%), Florida (6%), District of Columbia (5%), Maryland (4%), Ohio (4%) and New Jersey (4%).”
We have been collecting information about mosque incidents for some time, and here is our (partial) list. If you know about other incidents, please contact us with the information.
Mosques in the u.s. that have experienced violent or racist incidents or been vandalized, burned, shot at ...
Arizona
- Anti Muslim Posters posted at mosque June 2006,
- Glendale mosque burned December 2004
California
- Southern Calif. Mosque vandalized twice August 2006
- Milpitas Mosque vandalized again June 2006
- front door shattered at Milpitas mosque May 2006
- threatening flyer left at Pomona mosque February 2006
- mosque vandalized September 2005
- Adelanto mosque arson June 2005
- San Luis Obispo mosque vandalized September 2003
- Milpitas mosque site vandalized June 2002
- Lomita mosque vandalized December 2001
- Pigs blood thrown at San Francisco mosque September 2001
- Yuba City mosque burned September 1994
Colorado
- Fort Collins mosque vandalized April 2005
- Denver mosque receives threats May 2004
- plot to bomb Aurora mosque May 1999
- Fort Collins mosque vandalized January 1998
Connecticut
- Bridgeport mosque vandalized September 2001
D.C. - Muslim Community Center sign vandalized September 2005
Florida
- Sniper Shooting at Florida Mosque September 2006
- Broward County mosque vandalized April 2006
- Boca Raton mosque vandalized February 2005
- two mosques vandalized May 2004
- man drives truck into mosque March 2002
- Lake County mosque vandalized September 2001
Georgia
- Augusta mosque vandalized September 2001
- Clarkson mosque vandalized September 1995
Hawaii
- anti-Muslim leaflets left at mosque October 2002
Idaho
- mosque vandalized October 2002
Illinois
- Schaumburg mosque ransacked August 2006
- Chicago mosque attacked March 2003
- Villa Park mosque vandalized March 1995
- 300 march on Bridgeview mosque September 2001
Indiana
- Mosque vandalized July 2006
- Bloomington mosque vandalized July 2005
- Evansville mosque vandalized September 2001
- Bloomington mosque vandalized February 1998
Kentucky
- Lexington mosque vandalized September 2001
Louisiana
- Muslim school vandalized March 2006
- Arabi mosque vandalized September 2001
Maine
- Pig’s head thrown into mosque July 2006
Maryland
- shots fired into Mosque April 2006
- mosque vandalized September 2005
- cross burned in front of mosque July 2005
- Imam’s wife assaulted April 2004
Massachusetts
- Springfield mosque burned down December 2004
Michigan
- mosque vandalized March 2006
- mosque vandalized February 2006
- mosque vandalized September 2005
- Flint mosque vandalized October 1995
Minnesota
- Mosque arson August 2006
- Minneapolis mosque burned March 1999
Mississippi
- Starkville mosque vandalized September 2001
Missouri
- Ballwin mosque vandalized June 2004
Nebraska
- Lincoln mosque vandalized twice September 2005
- voice mail threat to mosque November 2004
Nevada
- man beaten outside Reno mosque January 2005
New Jersey
- Toms River mosque vandalized January 2006
New York
- mosque vandalized August 2006
- mosque vandalized September 2005
- mosque vandalized April 2004
North Dakota
- feces smeared on mosque October 2004
Ohio
- new threats at Ohio mosque July 2006
- mosque bombed December 2005
- Columbus mosque vandalized December 2001
- shots fired at Toledo mosque September 2001
- man drives car into Parma mosque September 2001
Oregon - Portland mosque threatened September 2001
Pennsylvania
- shooting in mosque parking lot November 2005
South Carolina`
- Charleston mosque vandalized September 2001
- Greenville mosque burned October 1995
Tennessee
- Bullet Ridden Qur’an Thrown at Tenn. Mosque July 2006
- Nashville mosque bombed February 2006
- Memphis mosque shooting June 2000
Texas
- San Antonio mosque vandalized May 2006
- anti-Muslim sign posted on Houston Mosque February 2006
- Austin mosque vandalized again January 2006
- Irving mosque vandalized September 2005
- El Paso mosque firebombed September 2004
- Denton mosque firebombed September 2004
- Champion mosque vandalized June 2004
- shots fired at Denton mosque April 2004
- Austin mosque firebombed September 2001
- Irving mosque vandalized September 2001
Virginia
- mosque vandalized January 2006
- Sterling mosque vandalized November 2003
- James City mosque threatened September 2001
- Norfolk mosque vandalized September 2001
Washington
- Mount Lake Terrace mosque vandalized November 2001
- Lynwood mosque threatened September 2001
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