Vandals strike Venezuelan mosque

Nearly two months ago, the oldest synagogue in Caracas, Venezuela was ransacked and anti-Semitic graffiti was painted on the temple walls. Unfortunately on Monday another Caracas religious venue was also vandalized:

Representatives of Venezuela’s Muslim community complained that a group of unknown thieves broke into the country’s main mosque, stole assorted objects from the administrative area and vandalized sacred texts housed there, the local press reported on Tuesday.

Mohammad Ali Bokhari told reporters that the thieves trampled on sacred books, broke windows and stole computer equipment.

The Ibrahim Al-Ibrahim mosque was opened in 1993 and is Latin America’s second-largest. Unlike the January synagogue incident, there has yet to be any international repercussions due to the mosque attack.

According to Venezuela’s El Universal, Caracas’ Islamic community numbers approximately 50,000 and is mostly of Arab background.

Online Sources- El Universal, LAHT, MSNBC, Bloomberg
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