SAN ANTONIO -- A church on the North Side has been vandalized with graffiti that could be a response to views by presidential candidate Donald Trump.

The tagging was done in black spray paint against the brick building's entrance into the Gethsemane Lutheran Church inthe 600 block of Avalon Road. It reads, “No to wall” and Islam or die” in all capital letters. Below those words is a large, stenciled symbol, although it's unclear what the symbol means.

“This is something else,” said Eric Miletti, the church’s pastor. “They did put some time into this.”

Miletti said he's unsure if the tagging has anything to do with views expressed by Trump, who has talked about strengthening the border wall between Mexico and the United States and about imposing tighter restrictions on immigration from Muslim countries, and he’s not sure why the tagger would chose his church for the message.

The church doesn’t have a large immigrant population or a ministry focused on immigrants, he said.

He’s disappointed that someone vandalized the church he's been preaching at for the past two years.

Miletti said church member first noticed the vandalism Monday morning while tending to a pumpkin patch the church has been sponsoring since last week on its lawn.

The pastor said police were notified and a report was filed.

Miletti previously worked at a church in San Juan, Puerto Rico, before coming to Gethsemane.

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