Salon.com > Anti-Islam Attacks http://www.salon.com Sun, 19 May 2013 17:31:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Suspect charged in Toledo mosque arson http://www.salon.com/2012/10/08/suspect_charged_in_toledo_mosque_arson/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/08/suspect_charged_in_toledo_mosque_arson/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 14:48:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13033589 The Southern Poverty Law Center Federal hate crime charges were filed today in Ohio against an Indiana man, Randolph Linn, who is a suspect in last weekend’s arson fire that heavily damaged the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo.

Linn was charged with intentionally defacing, damaging and destroying religious property, and with using fire and explosives to commit a felony, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced.

“The Department of Justice will aggressively prosecute persons who attack, deface, or damage houses of worship because of racial or religious animus,” said Thomas E. Perez, assistant attorney general for the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.

A security camera image and a woman who recognized and identified the suspect played key roles in the case, officials say.

Law enforcement officials released still photos of the surveillance video to the media on October 1.

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