San Francisco's Oldest Mosque Vandalized

San Francisco CA

15 November, 2021

2:11 PM

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By Shawn Chitnis, CBS San Francisco: SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Members of the Islamic Center of San Francisco are shaken after someone vandalized their mosque, the city's oldest, on Friday night. Leaders who serve on the board say it is rare to see a crime against their house of worship at the corner of Crescent Avenue and Andover Street just north of Alemany Blvd. "We're scared, we were uncertain, we didn't understand what was happening because we haven't experienced something like this in our community in a long time," said Shahbaz Shaikh, a mosque resident scholar. "We're a part of this community, we're a part of the Bernal Heights community." Read more at CBS CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.