People stood outside Masjid Ash Shura in Norfolk with paint brushes and rollers in hand. Volunteers and members of the mosque worked together to cover the outline of Christian crosses that spanned the building’s walls.
Security footage shows a white man appearing in his 30s vandalizing the building on Dec. 7 around 9:20 p.m. He spray-painted a string of black crosses from one end of the building to the other.
The mosque has been part of the community since the 1980s, said Imam Hesham Sabbah. There haven’t been threats for a long time, he added.
“That’s what’s a little bit disappointing, because we were looking at things like things were getting a lot better in terms of community security and safety and peace,” Sabbah said…