The spate of anti-Islam vandalism comes as Muslims in southern California have rallied in support of the victims of the San Bernardino attack. On Thursday, a group called Muslims United for San Bernardino
announced that it had raised $180,000, or nearly four times its target, to support families of the victims. And on Sunday, the day the graffiti was discovered, Muslim leaders joined Los Angeles’s mayor and police chief at
a rally against violence and extremism at Los Angeles city hall.
“This type of behavior is born out of ignorance and fear,” Ahsan M. Khan, chapter president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, told
the Associated Press. “It’s through peaceful dialogue that we can hopefully see less of this type of hate crime,” he said.
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