Austin Mosque Vandalized With Anti-Muslim Sign On 9/11

Austin TX

15 September, 2021

10:30 AM

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AUSTIN, TX — Austin police's Hate Crimes Review Committee are looking into an incident that left a local mosque vandalized on Sept. 11. According to KVUE, Lt. Brett Bailey with the department said Tuesday the committee is reviewing videos to find the people responsible for vandalizing the Islamic Center of Greater Austin on Saturday as well as to determine if a hate crime has been committed. Live in Austin? Click here to subscribe to our free breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox and mobile devices. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and download our free mobile app on Android or iPhone. Officials said a bloody pig-head mask attached to an anti-Muslim sign was discovered in front of the mosque. The sign, linked and uncensored here, said: "MUSLIMS: You are as unclean to God as a pig is to you. Have your idolatry washed clean by the blood of Jesus Christ! 1 Corinthians 6:9-11" Bailey said in order to determine if the incident is a hate crime, police have to find another crime as well. In the meantime, the Austin chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is working with Austin police as extra officers are patrolling area mosques. This isn't the first time an Austin mosque has been similarly vandalized. In 2018, in two separate incidents days apart, the North Austin Muslim Community Center was broken into, windows smashed and members' tires slashed. And, in 2017, a fire destroyed the Islamic Center of Lake Travis while under construction, KVUE reports.