Mosque leaders skeptical as police say incident at Mankato Islamic Center was not targeted
Leaders at the mosque say surveillance video shows a man on a bike lighting something in the mosque's parking lot before taking off. Mankato police say it was "two bottle rockets" that went off into the sky without hitting or damaging anything. Adding that ...
Police say incident near Mankato mosque not targeted, CAIR-MN disagrees
"Authorities have no reason to believe that the Islamic Center was targeted, and there is no investigation," the statement reads. Hussein says he and the community have reasons not to trust this version of events, saying this incident marks the 40th attack on a mosque in Minnesota in the past three years.
Mankato mosque and police at odds over reported arson attempt
A Mankato mosque says they suffered an attempted arson. Police, however, said they are not investigating the incident.
Mankato police say fireworks incident near mosque not targeted
A man has been cited for launching fireworks near a house of worship. Police don't believe it is a hate crime but it is not calming the community's nerves after a rash of recent attacks. Ubah Ali has more on the incident in Mankato.
Fireworks incident raises tensions in the Mankato Muslim community
After a tension filled day following an incident Sunday near the Mankato Islamic Center initially feared as an arson attack, the police have a more benign explanation, but anger remains.
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Teen pleads guilty to Sanford mosque threat, admits to hundreds of other ‘swatting’ calls nationwide
A California teen who made hundreds of calls threatening attacks on religious institutions, high schools, historically Black ...
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Hilliard City Council rejects resolution for local mosque's proposed community center
A slim majority of council members sided with Crandall’s skepticism of a proposed amendment introduced by council member ...
Hilliard City Council to vote on rejected zoning plan for mosque
Zoning wars will be the hot topic in hilliard this week...The 'noor islamic center' bought the former b-m-w financial ...
Plans revised for mosque on Plainfield Avenue in Edison. Here's the details
The Edison Muslim Community Center previously received approval for a use variance, preliminary and final site plans to build ...
Watch what happens when a woman asks her neighbor how to wear a headscarf at a mosque
When a woman was unsure how to wear a headscarf at a mosque funeral she got advice and more from a kind neighbor.
Program: The siege at the Grand Mosque of Mecca, 45 years on
Forty-five years ago this month, a group of armed insurgents stormed the Grand Mosque in Mecca, taking thousands of ...
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Quebec man accused of breaking into Niagara church, mosque and stealing donations
A 28-year-old Quebec man has been accused of breaking into a Niagara Falls mosque and a Grimsby church earlier this fall and making off with donations. Niagara Regional Police said the thefts ...
Police, Mankato mosque at odds over reported arson attempt
Mankato police said they’ve issued a citation to a man who lit fireworks near the Islamic Center of Mankato, which had prompted fears of an anti-Muslim attack. Members of the Islamic Center of Mankato ...
Man convicted of rioting tried to blow up a mosque
A man who pleaded guilty to taking part in disorder over the summer previously tried to blow up a mosque, it has emerged.