Rights advocates are calling for a hate crime investigation following a threatening phone call to a North Carolina mosque this week.
Rights advocates are calling for a hate crime investigation following a threatening phone call to a US mosque this week.
On Tuesday, a North Carolina mosque received a phone call in which the caller promised a 9/11-style attack.
“I’m going to blow you worse than 9/11,” the caller said in part of the taped call that was shared with local media. The rest of the call is filled with anti-Muslim and anti-Arab remarks.
“Law enforcement at the state and national level should investigate the apparent threat to the Islamic Center of Charlotte as a hate crime and take appropriate action,” said Edward Ahmed Mitchell, director deputy national of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, in a public address. statement.
“If the caller has indeed apologized for their actions, that’s a welcome first step, but that person must also face responsibility for breaking the law, like anyone else who threatens a place of worship. “
The recent threat to the Islamic Center of Charlotte came as mosques across the United States face repeated waves of threats and attacks. CAIR urged mosques to take extra precautions.
