The evidence at the scene indicates that the crime was a random act of destruction.
Fairfax County Police believe that the recent vandalism at the construction site of a new Chantilly mosque was probably a random act of vicious vandalism, Captain Purvis Dawson, the commander of the Sully District Police Station, said Tuesday. The Northern Virginia chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community will have to delay the mosque's opening (previously scheduled for late February), and leaders estimate the amount of damage is in the tens of thousands of dollars. The vandalism has generated interest throughout the metro area and from Islamic communities around the country. The Council on American-Islamic Relations this morning issued a press release asking that the FBI become involved and consider bias as a possible motive. However, …
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Leaders of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community estimate tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage.
Under the cover of darkness Sunday night, vandals downed alcohol, threw rocks and smashed the windows—along with over a decade of hard work, financial sacrifices and prayers—of a Chantilly mosque. The Ahmadiyya Muslim community was reeling Monday after learning of the destruction at the construction site, which leaders estimated could cost up to $60,000 to repair. The vandals took out most of the glass windows and doors on the first floor, and even two windows high on the second floor. “It’s kind of devastating to see," said Usman Ghumman, the general secretary. "All the windows are smashed in, like in an insane way. Like somebody went systematically, door to door, to whatever’s reachable.” More upsetting than the financial damage, …
Adam Light
2:33 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
Perhaps people will become more informed about the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, a community that believes in their founder as the peace-loving Messiah; a community that welcomes intellectual discourse as their main and primary jihad (struggle); a community that rejects all forms of terrorism; a community that rejects those Muslims that wage war in the name of religion, and believe that any such … more ›