A 24-year-old Tennessee man was sentenced today to more than 14 years in federal prison for burning down a mosque.

Michael Golden and two other men pleaded guilty to firebombing the Islamic Center of Columbia, Tenn., in February 2008, the Justice Department announced.

The other two defendants, Jonathan Stone and Eric Baker, are to be sentenced next month.

Golden admitted making, igniting and throwing the Molotov cocktails that destroyed the mosque. He also testified that a co-defendant painted swastikas and "White Power, we run the world" on the inside walls.

The mosque relocated and reopened. Earlier this year, an American University professor and two students paid a visit to learn more. Here's their story.

The sentencing came as the FBI released a report showing hate crimes against religious groups, blacks and gays rose in 2008.

(Posted by Michael Winter)