Vandals In Texas Fling Feces And Ripped-Up Koran At Mosque

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Vandals flung feces and a ripped-up Koran at a mosque in Pflugerville, Texas, on Monday.

Police said a member of the Islamic Center discovered the vandalism after arriving on Monday morning.

The incident is being investigated by authorities as a hate crime, and members of the mosque suspect the act was a reprisal for the terrorist attacks in Paris last Friday.

Faisal Naeem, a board member at the Islamic center, remarked:

“This is very unexpected and quite honestly, shocking.”

Naeem also said he fears the mosque could become a target for violence against Muslims:

“Can something like Wisconsin, the Sikh temple thing, happen here? If you would have asked me this question yesterday I would have said, no, this is Austin — but that is no longer true.”

Police investigators say the vandals ripped apart a Koran, left it at the mosque’s front door, and then splattered fecal matter all over the entryway and what was left of the Koran.

Neighbors of various faiths stopped by the mosque after the vandalism was reported to show their support, and one 7-year-old boy even emptied his piggy bank to donate $20 to the cleanup. The boy’s mother, Laura Swanson, commented:

“We were talking in the car how someone smeared poop on their church and that was a really, really awful thing to do and we had a good conversation what churches are for and how everybody’s churches are important. I think it’s really good to get kids involved and to let them know what the important stuff really is.”


This is just one of several anti-Muslim acts that have occurred recently:

  • Vandals spray-painted a peace symbol incorporating the Eiffel Tower — a design which has come to symbolize the Paris terrorist attacks — on a mosque in Omaha, Nebraska.
  • Federal authorities are considering charges against a man who made threatening phone calls to two mosques in Florida.