Man Who Set Fire to 2 Mosques Sentenced to Years Behind Bars

Mosque arsonist Jackie Little gets 70 months in federal prison

U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen says Jackie Little pleaded guilty in September 2025 to arson and damaging religious property.

Man sentenced to nearly 6 years in federal prison for setting fires in 2 Hennepin County mosques

A man has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for setting a Minneapolis mosque on fire in April of 2023.

Judge sentences man for setting fire to Minneapolis mosques

This story comes to you from MPR News through a partnership with Sahan Journal. A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a man who set fires at two Minneapolis mosques, a day apart.  Jackie Rahm Little pleaded guilty in September to arson and hate crime charges for setting fire to Masjid Al Rahma on Bloomington Avenue in 2023. He also admitted setting a trash can on fire at another mosque a day earlier. U.S. District Judge Ann Montgomery handed dow…

Man with history of aggression toward Muslims sentenced to prison for arson attacks on Twin Cities mosques

MINNEAPOLIS — A man with a reported history of aggression toward Muslims has received a nearly seven-year prison term for setting fires on successive days that damaged two Twin Cities mosques. Jackie Rahm Little, 39, of Edina was sentenced on…

Minnesota mosque arsonist sentenced to almost 6 years in federal prison

A man has been sentenced to federal prison for setting fires at two Minnesota mosques.

Man who set fire to 2 Mosques sentenced to years behind bars

He was sentenced to federal prison for setting fire to the Masjid Al-Rahma Mosque in Bloomington and the Masjid Omar Islamic Center in Minneapolis.