Surveillance video shows vandalism of a Philadelphia mosque over the weekend. RandyGyllenhaal has details on reactions from the faith community.
"We were totally shocked by what we saw," Masjidullah Center for Human Excellence resident Iman Idris Abdul-Zahir said.
Philadelphia police investigated the incident that left painted messages about Jesus Christ and other Christo-Judeo messaging sprawled on doors and a refrigerator unit at the mosque at at 7401 Limekiln Pike. According to a statement released by the local branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR, on Sunday, security cameras caught images of a man spray-painting symbols and phrases - including"Jesus Christ" - on the walls and doors of the facility on Feb. 24.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.
NBC10 viewed the surveillance video that shows the vandal getting off a bus, approaching the building and looking into windows Friday night before starting to paint on the building. CAIR called on local law enforcement officials to investigate a possible motive for vandalism targeting the West Oak Lane mosque.
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