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Mosque on Florida's Space Coast vandalized on New Year's Day

Anti-Islam: This photo provided by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community muslimsforpeace

The Jakarta Post
Florida
Tue, January 5, 2016

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Mosque on Florida's Space Coast vandalized on New Year's Day Anti-Islam: This photo provided by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community muslimsforpeace.org shows crosses in spray paint vandalizing windows at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Baitus-Salaam Mosque in Hawthorne, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. The FBI is investigating after police in Hawthorne say two mosques in that city were vandalized with paint, and a fake grenade was left in the driveway of one of the properties.(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community muslimsforpeace.org via AP) (Ahmadiyya Muslim Community muslimsforpeace.org via AP)

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span class="inline inline-center">Anti-Islam: This photo provided by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community muslimsforpeace.org shows crosses in spray paint vandalizing windows at the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Baitus-Salaam Mosque in Hawthorne, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. The FBI is investigating after police in Hawthorne say two mosques in that city were vandalized with paint, and a fake grenade was left in the driveway of one of the properties.(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community muslimsforpeace.org via AP)

Police say a mosque along Florida's Space Coast has been vandalized, with lights and windows smashed by a machete and bacon left at the scene.

Officers in the city of Titusville say the vandal went to the Islamic Society of Central Florida Masjid Al-Munin Mosque on Jan. 1.

Surveillance video shows a man entering the mosque's carport late at night when no one was there and using a machete to smash cameras, lights and windows.

According to a police report, detectives were unable to immediately identify the man.

Police say the bacon was left by the front door. Consumption of pork and products made from pork is forbidden in Islam. (ags)

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