there are new calls tonight for the FBI
to investigate who is vandalizing a
South Florida mosque it was targeted
over the weekend marking the second time
this year the mosque is located off of
Southwest 147th Avenue and 117th Street
in West Kendall CBS for Michael Williams
is there live tonight with the latest on
this Michael good evening the FBI was
out here this morning at the Islamic
school of Miami they say they get along
well with their kendle neighbors but
look at the mess that is left behind
here a possible hate crime yet again and
they're left to look at the jagged
broken glass here and wonder about the
even more Jagged sharp Prejudice that
may be behind all
this summer school is out this week at
the Islamic school of Miami Imam
Mohammad Zacharia is glad the children
do not have to see the signs of hate up
close well this is what they've done I
don't know what they gained from it this
damage only came to light two days ago
but it appear pe's Vandal struck
sometime last weekend busting out two
hurricane proof windows spraying glass
over the supplies the Muslim Community
here routinely hands out to Miami's
homeless we don't have to uh vandalize
places of worship where people come to
worship God in whatever form they
worship Him in last January the
attackers sprayed the brand new mosque
with high powerered gunfire no one was
around at the time but the scars linger
in more ways than one these are the
bullet shots that was shot a few months
ago the Imam is convinced the attacks
are fueled by blind Prejudice I think
it's got a lot to do with the politics
uh what's happening in the Middle East
and so on but people need to understand
that you know Islam is just not um in
the Middle East Islam is all over the
world and it's in America also and as a
community uh we all have to live
together a small but growing Islamic
community in South Florida in search of
peace and unbowed by violence aimed its
way this is the sixth attack in in the
last few years four five years and I
think um whoever is doing this um the
message is that we're here to
stay we are here to stay that was not
meant as a boast simply a statement of
fact from an Islamic community in South
Florida at the Islamic school of Miami
that says just like everyone else we
want to live here raise our kids here
educate and worship freely and without
the threat of prejudice being directed
our way again no arrest here but the
FBI's been out talking to them we'll
keep you posted when and if there's any
break in this latest case reporting live
from Kendall Michael Williams cbs4 news