A mosque in Ohio was attacked for the third time. Members doubt Trump’s FBI will call it a hate crime

Latest attack happened amid Islamophobic blowback against Arab and Muslim Americans running for office Nashid Shakir describes how assailants used wire cutters to break into the Westwood Islamic Community Center in the early hours of 3 August. “They cut the wire and broke the window to get in. They broke into the office, too. It was total disarray,” says Shakir, a board member, and member, at the community center since the 1960s. Continue reading...

Stephen Starr in Cincinnati, Ohio · Sat, Aug 22, 2026, 5:00 AM
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A mosque in Ohio was attacked for the third time. Members doubt Trump’s FBI will call it a hate crime

Latest attack happened amid Islamophobic blowback against Arab and Muslim Americans running for office

Nashid Shakir describes how assailants used wire cutters to break into the Westwood Islamic Community Center in the early hours of 3 August.

“They cut the wire and broke the window to get in. They broke into the office, too. It was total disarray,” says Shakir, a board member, and member, at the community center since the 1960s.

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