Suffolk County police are now offering a $5,000 reward for information on a potential hate crime arson at a mosque in Ronkonkoma.
at the Masjid Fatima Al-Zahra Mosque's sacred crescent moon symbol.
An"ignited device" was either placed at or thrown at the religious sign on the Lake Shore Road property, police have determined. Ibrahim said the mosque opened three years ago and that religious leaders put up the moon in April in celebration of Ramadan."I'm disgusted," Suffolk County Police Chief Rodney Harrisons said."A hate crime toward the Muslim Islamic community is a hate crime against all Suffolk County residents, and this is something that everybody should be angry about."The mosque building was not damaged, and no one was injured.
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