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After Imam Syed Soharwardy denounced last Friday’s co-ordinated attacks in Paris, and the subsequent backlash against Muslims across the world at a candlelight vigil in Calgary, he discovered a northeast Calgary mosque had been broken into.

“I was coming out of the vigil, walking to my car when I found out there had been a break-in,” he said late Monday evening while surveying the damage.

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Soharwardy said thieves used tools to break three doors at the Al Madinah Calgary Islamic Assembly, a mosque on 80th Avenue N.E., and left with donation boxes and a computer.

It’s believed the incident, which was reported to police, happened sometime on Monday, before the mosque’s sunset prayer.

“It’s quite disconcerting. This should not be happening here,” Soharwardy said.

The alleged break-in comes after a mosque was deliberately set on fire in Peterborough, Ontario, in an incident police are treating as a hate crime, but Soharwardy said it’s “too soon to jump to conclusions” about what’s behind the Calgary incident and unclear if the mosque was also vandalized.