A Calgary Muslim association is looking to combat several incidents of vandalism and hate speech across the city by opening a mosque's door to the public, in an effort to better educate residents about Islam.

The mosque, located in the Calgary neighbourhood of Ranchlands, had a window broken and one of its signs thrown on the ground on Saturday morning.

The petty vandalism comes in the wake of anti-Muslim posters displayed at the University of Calgary and anti-Muslim pamphlets being left in mailboxes in Calgary's Hillhurst and Sunnyside neighbourhoods.

Last week, an Islamic centre in Queensland was vandalized and a copy of the Qu’ran set on fire. Calgary Police are still investigating the incident.

The series of racist messages and vandalism has prompted the Islamic Association of Northwest Calgary and local Muslim leaders to hold an open house at the Ranchlands mosque.

"The end game is that we all need to talk and we all need to live together," said Mansour Shouman, the director of the Muslim Council of Calgary. "There's no place for hate amongst anyone here."

Shouman says he knows that those who vandalized the Ranchlands mosque don't represent all Calgary residents, but feels like it’s a good time to foster a discussion.

Ali Waseem, 15, attends the Ranchlands mosque and says he's been a target of anti-Muslim taunts and aggression before.

"In Grade 9, every single day I was called a terrorist at school," he told CTV Calgary.

But despite the taunts he’s faced, Waseem says the best way to combat the ignorance is to fight it with education.

"It's just getting people away from that mindset that Islam equals terrorism," he said. "It is a religion of peace. Our society these days, how they incorporate Muslim and terrorist, that's just not right."

The open house is scheduled for Nov. 13.

With a report from CTV Calgary’s Jamie Mauracher