Dearborn Islamic Center Hit by Vandals -- Again

May 17, 2007

Author: Gregg Krupa and Joe Menard

Source: The Detroit News

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070517/UPDATE/705170458/1006/METRO01

DEARBORN -- The words "Center of the party of satan" were painted in Arabic on the front wall and back door of the Karbalaa Islamic Education Center on Warren on Wednesday in the fourth episode of vandalism in the mosque where mostly Shi'a Muslims from Iraq worship.

"I don't know what happened, my friend, but whoever is doing this has to be stopped," said the leader of the mosque, Imam Husham al-Husainy.

The vandalism, in dripping red paint, was discovered at about noon and reported to police, according to Husainy and Dawud Walid, executive director of the local chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations.

"The mosque has been vandalized so many times, they've basically given up on law enforcement, given up on telling anyone," Walid said.