Just months after blast, Bloomington mosque vandalized

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Just months after a blast shattered the early-morning serenity of sunrise prayers at Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minn., the mosque was struck by vandals who broke windows and damaged many other items in the building, according to police.

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The Minnesota Council on American-Islamic Relations says security cameras captured two men wearing masks and gloves entering the building between 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. Friday morning, breaking multiple windows and entering offices around the building.

Bloomington Police says that due to prior incidents, the FBI has been alerted and will be investigating the incident, though the initial scene was processed by the municipal police department. The preliminary investigation yielded no information to suggest that the early-morning explosion and Friday's vandalism are related, according to police.

There are no updates on the initial explosion investigation.

In early August, police responded to a 5:00 a.m. blast that disrupted morning prayers, with the FBI later announcing that the explosion was caused by a man-made, improvised explosive device left in the Imam's office.

Luckily nobody was hurt, but the office and rooms surrounding it suffered burn damage from the blast.

It was a tale of two Minnesotas in the days following the apparent attack, with Muslims in the community facing hateful comments on the streets and several threats on social media--saying things like, “Islam needs to be eliminated like the black plague,” or “maybe they will start leaving now. Keep up the good work.”

At the same time, community and religious leaders from around the area condemned these actions, calling for unity in the face of hate. Hundreds gathered for several rallies around Bloomington and the Twin Cities at large, hoping to show those who attend the mosque--many of them immigrants--that they are welcome in Minnesota, and America at large. 

“Because of you, bad guys will always feel isolated," Dawn Strommen, an organizer and member of Plymouth Lutheran Church, said to a crowd at one of these events. "Thank you. We do not feel alone.”

Gov. Dayton went so far as to call the explosion an "act of terrorism," while the FBI's Minneapolis bureau shared a picture of its command center with the caption, "All hands on deck."

In the more than two months since that day, however, no arrests have been made while the investigation remains ongoing. 

The Muslim Society of America and CAIR are both offering $10,000 rewards each for any information that leads to the capture of whoever made or planted the explosive device in the building. 

A GoFundMe for the center can be found here.