MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Increased police security is necessary after the letters that threatened Muslims and praised President-elect Donald Trump were sent to multiple California mosques this week, the Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) said.
"This hate campaign targeting California houses of worship must be investigated as an act of religious intimidation, and our state's leaders should speak out against the growing anti-Muslim bigotry that leads to such incidents," said CAIR-LA Executive Director Hussam Ayloush, as cited in a statement published on Saturday by the civil rights group.
The photocopied handwritten letter, addressed to "the children of Satan," stated that Trump will "cleanse America and make it shine again. And, he’s going to start with you Muslims."
Both the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area chapters of CAIR have called for increased cooperation with law enforcement agencies to protect mosques.
The Southern Poverty Law Center civil rights group collected over 700 media reports of hateful incidents or harassment in the country following the election results. During the electoral campaign Trump repeatedly resorted to controversial rhetoric speaking about immigrants and Muslim communities, in particular.
