SHOTS fired into the house and car of two Muslim families in Brisbane’s south are being investigated by police.

A firearm — believed to be a shotgun — was fired into a home on Kentish St in Mount Gravatt East in the early hours of this morning.

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Police said they believed the shooting was linked to a shot fired into a vehicle several hundred metres away on Dunbar St about the same time.

The car that was shot belonged to a business, Sparkling Star Details. The business’s ­operator was talking with police last night and declined to comment. The incidents were reported yesterday morning and officers remained on the scene last night.

Detectives said it was too early to say what might have been behind the shootings.

Brisbane Islamic community leader Ali Kadri last night said the house and car belonged to two Muslim families.

“For all we know it could be a hate crime, but we would like to wait until the police complete their investigation,” he said.

Mr Kadri said he had also heard anti-Islamic graffiti had been sprayed on a school in ­Algester yesterday.

Police confirmed there had been a report of graffiti at a school but declined to provide further details.

Vile hate messages were sprayed on an Islamic centre at Rocklea last week, leading to a man being charged with wilful damage and trespass.

Separately a man, 66, was charged on Friday with telling a woman wearing a hijab and niqab in a Logan shopping centre: “You are a Muslim, go back to your country”.

media_camera Imam Imraan Husain meets young Coby Bock, 4, as the Arundel mosque holds an open day today. Pic: Adam Head

Mosque leaders, cops reach out

A GOLD COAST father whose daughter became an Islamic fighter and was killed was comforted by a senior police officer at a mosque open day on the Glitter Strip today.

An emotional Mohammed Karroum, father of Amira Karroum, was among about 500 people at an Arundel mosque open day aimed at easing community fears about Muslim extremists.

Acting Chief Super­intendent Des Lacy spent about 30 minutes talking to a tearful Mr Karroum about the loss of his daughter, who died alongside her Australian-American jihadist boyfriend in Syria’s Aleppo in January.

Mr Karroum was too upset to talk to The Sunday Mail. Gold Coast Islamic community members said he was heartbroken and struggling to come to terms with his daughter’s death.

“It’s just a tragedy, an absolute tragedy,” Supt Lacy said.

It was the only sombre moment in an otherwise ­upbeat day on which the Gold Coast Islamic Society reached out to non-Muslims in a bid to soothe tensions.

media_camera Mohammed Karroum speaks with District Acting Chief Superintendent Des Lacy at the Arundel mosque open day. Pic: Adam Head

Stuart and Liz Clark brought their daughter Charlotte, 8, to the open day to show her that most Muslims were “just normal, everyday people”.

Islamic Society president Hussin Goss said he was very happy with the open day. “We want to show the people that we are part of the wider community and, God willing, encourage more of them to understand Islam in a better way,” he said.

The Sunday Mail can also reveal Queensland’s top cop has twice met the father of a man counter-terrorism authorities suspect was behind a plot to kill a government official.

Police Commissioner Ian Stewart has had discussions on two occasions with Milazim Kruezi, whose son Agim, 21, is in custody after being arrested during a ­series of anti-terror raids.

They talked at Friday’s meeting of Muslim community leaders at Brisbane’s Islamic College in Karawatha, and at a Holland Park Mosque on September 17.

“It’s a very difficult situation. You can imagine any father whose son has been arrested … on very serious offences would be concerned about his son’s future,” Mr Stewart said.

Mr Kruezi, who maintains his son’s innocence, said he was concerned at not being allowed to visit Agim.

Mr Kruezi worked as a translator with NATO in the Balkans War. “I believe Mr Stewart is a decent man and it was good to speak with him,” he said.

— Greg Stolz, Neil Doorley