Community Unites to Seek Justice After Vandals Spray Paint on Austin Mosques

Austin mosques unite to condemn hateful vandalism, call for justice

Three Austin mosques are urging community support and safety after they were vandalized.

Community unites to seek justice after vandals spray paint on Austin mosques

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Tuesday press conference featured representatives of three local mosques that were recently vandalized with spray-painted Stars of David on the building, according to a press release from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR-Austin. The vandalism at Nueces Mosque, which was caught on a security camera, shows a white person in shorts, a t-shirt and a head wrap walk onto the porch before using a blue spray paint on …

Austin mosques vandalized: CAIR officials to address 'hateful actions'

The Austin chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Austin), along with representatives of the three vandalized mosques, held a news conference on May 27, condemning the hateful actions against the houses of worship, CAIR officials say.

Three mosques in Texas’s Austin attacked during one night

The city of Austin in Texas has seen a series of three attacks on local mosques in one night, rattling residents as the suspect remains at large. This all took place in on 22 May, with surveillance footage showing a masked white man spray-painting the Star of David on the mosque walls. These attacks come amid a rise in anti-Muslim bias incidents in the wake of the outbreak of Israel's war on Gaza in October 2023. "We don’t see this as an isolate…