Media Monitor: After vandal targets Downtown Islamic Center, Chicago police open hate crime investigation
An image provided to WBBM Newsradio shows a smashed glass door at the entrance of the Downtown Islamic Center in Chicago's Loop. Photo credit Council on American Islamic Relations Chicago
CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — After an act of vandalism took place during Ramadan prayers at the Downtown Islamic Center on Sunday, Chicago police investigators have said they're treating the case as a hate crime.
Maggie Slavin is the operations manager for the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), which is headquartered in the Loop and is the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization. Slavin said she first heard about the vandalism on Monday morning.