“Thank God all the churches and synagogues are calling us, willing to help, willing to share their space,” he said.

The Diyanet Centre of America, The umbrella organisation which oversees the mosque, and according to their website, more than two dozen others through out the country is affiliated with Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs, known more commonly by the Turkish word "Diyanet".

Turkish foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu denounced the incident, and called for swift justice. “Our only consolation is that there was no loss of life,” Çavuşoğlu tweeted.

Though the Diyanet Mosque of New Haven hadn't received any direct threats, the past two months have seen a spate of attacks against religious centres and houses of worship around the country, including the arson of three predominantly black churches in Louisiana and the Poway synagogue shooting which occurred on the last day of the Jewish holiday of Passover. Another Connecticut mosque, the Muhammad Islamic Centre of Greater Hartford had received a phone call from someone who threatened to burn it down.

In response to the fire, Connecticut lawmakers announced a plan to set aside $5m in state bonding to help houses of worship with security costs, the Hartford Courant reported.