Several Mosques Receive Letters Warning Muslim Genocide

Los Angeles: A civil rights group has called for more police protection of mosques after several in California received letters that praised President-elect Donald Trump and threatened Muslim genocide.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), said the same handwritten, photocopied letter was sent last week to the Islamic Center of Long Beach, the Islamic Center of Claremont and the Evergreen Islamic Center in San Jose, the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday. The letter was addressed to the children of Satan and it was signed by American for A Better Way. The LA area mosques received it Wednesday and the San Jose mosque on Thursday.

Hussam Ayloush, executive director of CAIR-LAPeople at the LA County mosques were disheartened by the hateful letters and added that the irresponsible, hateful rhetoric of the Trump campaign has fueled a level of vulgarity, vile hatred and anger among many self-proclaimed Trump supporters.

“There's a new sheriff in town - President Donald Trump. He's going to cleanse America and make it shine again. And, he's going to start with you Muslims,” the letter states. “And, he's going to do to you Muslims what Hitler did to the jews (sic),” according to CAIR.

“I'm not saying (Trump) created racist people,” he said. “He normalised it. While he might say he's not responsible, and I respect that, I remind President-elect Trump that he has a responsibility to act as a president for all Americans,” he added. San Jose Police Department spokesman Sgt Enrique Garcia said police have opened an investigation and are treating it as a hate-motivated incident.