An investigation is underway after an Islamic center at Rutgers University was vandalized, officials said.
At least one vandal broke into the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University (CILRU) on 122 College Avenue in New Brunswick, New Jersey, at some point between Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, police said. They then damaged several items inside the center, including art pieces with Quranic verses, windows, televisions, printers and the Palestinian flag, according to the CILRU.
Rutgers Police are investigating the incident as a burglary, criminal mischief and bias crime.
“At Rutgers, hatred and bigotry have no place, nor should they have a place anywhere in the world,” Rutgers University spokesperson Megan Schumann wrote. “All forms of discrimination are never acceptable. The university strongly condemns acts of vandalism, intolerance, and xenophobia, such as those demonstrated in the incident at the Center for Islamic Life.“
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