Police treating it as a possible hate crime.
AB Wire
An incident of an unidentified man, caught on surveillance video, putting raw bacon over the door handles of a mosque in Las Vegas, is being termed as a likely hate crime by police and the FBI has issued a reward for information leading to the arrest of the accused.
In the video, the man is seen carefully wrapping the raw bacon over the door handles of Masjid-e-Tawheed in the 6100 block of W. Viking Road, on December 27. At one point, he puts a strip of bacon in his mouth as he opens the package, reported KABC-TV.
A Muslim worshipper discovered the bacon on Sunday morning and removed it with a napkin. All pork products are considered unclean in the Islamic tradition, and Muslims are forbidden from eating or touching it.
Las Vegas police are searching for the man and are calling the incident a possible hate crime. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called for “a state and federal hate crime investigation of the desecration” of the Nevada mosque.
“This type of attempted desecration must be investigated as an act of intimidation and hate, and the perpetrators must be brought to justice,” said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper.
The FBI Las Vegas Division is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for vandalism committed at the mosque, it said in a release.
According to the FBI release: “On the morning of December 27, 2015, at approximately 3:15 a.m., a white male was observed desecrating a local mosque by placing raw bacon on the various door handles of entrances to the mosque. The subject was observed wearing a dark blue hat, jacket, and black framed glasses. The subject appears to have black or dark brown hair with long thin sideburns.â€
Anyone with information is urged to call the FBI in Las Vegas at (702) 385-1281 or, to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555 or visitwww.crimestoppersofnv.com. Tips directly leading to an arrest or an indictment processed through Crime Stoppers may result in a cash reward.
4 Comments
People who do things like this are all cowards, that’s why they sneak around late at night wearing disguises. It’s always so satisfying when they get caught, since hate crimes are federal.
Muslims are contemptible wretches.
I heard a rumor the name of the man who did this is Oscar Meyer although I think that is not his real name but an alias.
His real name is Ignorant Bigot.