Threat Left On Door Of Refugees' Home In Dundalk, Police Say Juvenile Posted Note

The note left on the Dundalk family's door. This image has been edited to obscure profanity. Credit: CAIR

Following calls to investigate, Baltimore County police said a note left Iraqi Muslim refugee family in Dundalk last Friday was offensive, but a note left by a teenage girl, and not a criminal act.

"Terrorist, Leave, No one wants you here, Your kind is a disgrace, 9/11 was your fault," read the note on the family's door, shared by the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

The note also included a crude drawing of a Muslim woman wearing a head scarf and holding a bomb, with the comment "Take that [expletive] off your head."

Prior to the release of more information by police, officials at the Council on American-Islamic Relations urged state and federal agencies to investigate.

However, Baltimore County Police now say the note was left on the door by a 14-year-old girl. Police say officers met with the girl and her parents, and she told police she wrote the note because two of the family's children "cursed at her and assured officers that they would disciple the girl."

Police determined no crime had occurred, but officers followed up with the family and said they will check on the two families next week..

CAIR officials initially tied the incident to a trend of hate incidents directed at American Muslims, mosques and Islamic centers.

“It is disturbing that a family, having fled violence and hatred, is now being targeted by hate as they seek to build a better life in America,” said CAIR Maryland Outreach Manager Zainab Chaudry. “We urge local, state and federal authorities to take this matter seriously and to bring the perpetrator to justice.”

Particularly, activists pointed a finger at Republican nominee Donald Trump, who they say has made statements they consider Islamophobic and anti-refugee. Trump has called for a shutdown of Muslim immigration to the United States and has been publicly skeptical of American vetting procedures for refugees from ISIS-held territory.

A recent CAIR survey of Muslim voters found 85 percent believed Islamophobia is on the rise.