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WEBVTT AT AN INSTITUTE BUILT ON THEGOAL OF PERSONAL GROWTH THROUGHSPIRITUAL AND INTELLECTUALNURTURING, SPRAY PAINTEDMESSAGES OF HATE.>> THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOUWANT TO WAKE UP TO.WE'RE VERY SADDENED BY WHATWE'VE WITNESSED TODAY.KATHY: -- MAX: SOME OF THEWRITINGS WE CAN NEITHER SHOW NORREPEAT, BUT THIS ONE "MUSLIMOUT" IS ONE OF A DOZEN MESSAGESSENT TO MUSLIMS AT ROSEVILLE'STARBIYA HOUSE.>> WE REFUSE, HOWEVER, TOBELIEVE THAT THIS IS REFLECTIVEOF OUR COMMUNITY.WE REFUSE TO ACCEPT THAT.MAX: IMAM MOHAMED ABDUL-AZEEZSAYS THAT OVER THE PAST TWOWEEKS, THERE'S BEEN OUTPOURINGOF SUPPORT FROM THE ROSEVILLECOMMUNITY, BUT WHAT HAPPENEDHERE IS A MICROCOSM OF SIMILARATTACKS TAKING PLACE ACROSS THECOUNTRY AND INDICATIVE OF ANATIONAL DIALGOUE ABOUT THOSEWHO PRACTICE ISLAM.>> AND I THINK THAT ISREFLECTIVE OF A SINISTER SPIRITTHAT HAS BEEN PERPETUATED BYPEOPLE IN POWER IN THIS COUNTRY,AND WE AS A COMMUNITY NEED TOSTAND UP AGAINST THAT.MAX: STANDING UP AGAINST THAT ISKUMI WICKRAMASINGHE, APRACTICING BUDDHIST, WHO LEARNEDABOUT THE VANDALISIM AND OFFEREDHER SUPPORT.>> THERE IS NO PLACE FOR HATREDAND NO PLACE FOR VIOLENT CRIMESAND HATEFUL THINGS TO HAPPEN INANY COMMUNITY.MAX: ROSEVILLE POLICE CALL THEGRAFFITI UNACCEPTABLEINVESTIGATING IT AS A HATE, CRIME.>> QUITE FRANKLY, WE'VE NEVERHAD AN INCIDENT LIKE THAT THEREOR RECENTLY AT ANY OTHER HOUSESOF WORSHIP HERE IN ROSEVILLE.MAX: IMAM ABDUL-AZEEZ SAYS THISATTACK ISN'T JUST ON MUSLIMS, HECALLS IT AN ATTACK ON EVERONE INTHE SACRAMENTO REGION.>> WE NEED TO FIGHT AGAINST ITFORCIBLY IN OUR CONVERSATIONS,ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW, ATTHE WORKPLACE, ON THE DINNERTABLE.EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US.MUSLIM OR OF ANY FAITH, NO FAITHAT ALL, WE NEED TO COME OFF VERYSTRONGLY AGAINST THIS SO IT DOES

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Members of Roseville’s Tarbiya Institute arrived Wednesday morning to find a dozen different racial epithets spray painted on the building’s front and back. FAST FACTS Tarbiya Institute vandalized with hate speechSpray painted epithets tell Muslims to get outImam said community must come together fight this kind of rhetoric The hateful slurs reads “F--- Allah,” “F--- Islam,” and “Muslim out,” among others. “This is not an assault on a mosque, it is not an assault on the Muslim community,” said Imam Mohamed Abdul-Azeez, of the Tarbiya Institute on Sierra Gardens Drive. "This is an assault on our entire community right here in the Sacramento area, and all of us need to stand together and say that we will not stand for this behavior." Abdul-Azeez said the institute, which provides spiritual and educational services to 300 members and has only been open six months, has been the recipient of an outpouring of love and support in the last two weeks. He does not believe this is reflective of the Roseville community. “The last two weeks, there’s been an (outpouring) of support from random people just coming in and dropping off cakes and cookies and letters of support," Abdul-Azeez said. "It has been amazing." But according to Abdul-Azeez, what happened at the Tarbiya Institute is the result of hate speech on a much larger scale. “This incident is not an isolated incident. It’s very minor. It’s very small," Abdul Azeez said. "There’s some graffiti on the wall, but it’s a microcosm of other bigger events that happen around the country. I think that is reflective of a sinister spirit that has been perpetuated by people in power in this country, and we as a community need to stand up against that.” Roseville police spokesperson Dee Dee Gunther said the vandalism is being investigated as a hate crime. “This is not acceptable in our community,” Gunther said. “We’re taking it very seriously.” Police are focused on finding witnesses, surveillance video and any physical evidence. They're calling on the public for help in identifying the person or people responsible. "Quite frankly, we've never had an incident like that there or recently at any other houses of worship here in Roseville," Assistant Police Chief James MaCcoun said. Basim Elkarra, the executive director of the Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, issued this statement: “Just as we have been disturbed by the rising number of hate incidents targeting Muslims in California and nationwide, we have been encouraged by the positive community responses in support of those targeted by bigotry. We hope the Sacramento-area community will offer similar support to the families that worship at the Tarbiya institute.” There is a $2,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the graffiti.