Muslim community leaders are calling on Minneapolis authorities to investigate whether there’s a link between a break-in at a south Minneapolis mosque Tuesday and a fire at the same mosque last week.
Alhikmah Islamic Center leaders said at a news conference Tuesday evening that the mosque’s security footage shows a woman approach the building at around 8 a.m. that morning, walk down some stairs to a basement entrance where a fire broke out last week, walk back up and then smash the window of a side door.
Abdirizak Kaynan, the mosque’s imam, said a worshipper confronted the woman when the woman entered the building through the side door. The woman made repeated threats that she was there to set the mosque on fire. Kaynan said another worshipper arrived and called 911, and they were told by the operator to call 311 instead. Kaynan then called 911 himself…