hate crime

The Minnesota Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is asking local, state and federal authorities to investigate an incident involving a mosque in downtown Rochester.

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Someone apparently threw a bomb through the window of a suburban Minneapolis mosque on Saturday as people were preparing for morning prayers, damaging the imam’s office but not causing any injuries, authorities said.

Minneapolis, MN (KROC-AM News) -  Minneapolis man has pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime for threatening to blow up a Twin Cities mosque.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to a federal hate crime for firebombing a Somali restaurant across the border in North Dakota has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

LITTLE FALLS, Minn. (AP) — Police in a central Minnesota city say they're investigating a threat to a Somali woman as hate crime.