Hate crime: Calls for action after Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University vandalized during Eid al-Fitr [Video]

NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (WABC) — There are calls for action following the vandalism of the Center for Islamic Life at Rutgers University.

Crews have been hard at work cleaning the damage while police are working to find the suspects involved in this act of vandalism aimed at Muslim students on campus.

The Center for Islamic Life is described as a home away from home for some 6,000 Muslim students on the campus of Rutgers University.

“It’s so disheartening and scary because it just solidifies the fact that we aren’t safe here,” said student Nehad Ali.

Center for Islamic Life chaplain Kaiser Aslam took video of the damage, which was extensive, and it happened on Eid, which wraps up the month of Ramadan.

There was artwork that contained Muslim prayers that was destroyed. Also, a Palestinian flag that was in the center was ripped down.

“It’s like I can’t even feel safe in my own campus,” added student Nafees Shaheed. “Maybe it’s just best …