Vandals Spray Crosses on Nashville Mosque, Say Islam Faith Destroying U.S.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Vandals defaced a mosque in Nashville, spray-painting "Muslim go home" on the exterior of the building.
The Tennessean quoted Salaad Nur, a board member of the Al-Farooq Mosque, who said the act discovered Wednesday morning was unexpected.
Several crosses were also painted on the mosque and Nur said a hateful message was left at the mosque's youth center, claiming the Islam faith was trying to destroy the United States.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Metro Nashville Police Sgt. Brooks Harris said the Specialized Investigations Division will look into the incident as a possible hate crime. Brooks says the FBI and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have also been notified.
Nur said the incident was the first attack on the mosque.
A mosque in Columbia, about 40 miles south of Nashville, was destroyed by an arson fire in 2008. A Columbia man is serving a 14-year federal prison sentence in that case.