Daily Breeze reports: “Thieves damage Azusa mosque”
— “Thieves broke into an Azusa mosque, damaged the building and stole cash from a donation box, and American-Islamic relations advocates today urged police to investigate the incident as a possible hate crime”
— “The break-in occurred Monday between 2:30 p.m and 7 p.m. at the Masjid Al-Fatiha mosque in the 200 block of North Citrus Avenue, said Sgt. Sam Fleming of the Azusa Police Department.
— ” ‘There was $20 stolen from a donation box,’ Fleming said, adding the front door and glass windows were broken.”
— ” ‘It appears to be a crime of opportunity,’ he said. ‘There was no other damage. There was no graffiti and no vandalism.’ ”
— CAIR also reports to Daily Breeze past incidents of Islamophobia at the Masjid Al-Fatiha mosque