A Massachusetts man was arrested and charged on Tuesday with threatening on Facebook to burn down a Boston mosque in the wake of the November attacks in Paris, where Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people. Last month, a Connecticut man was sentenced to six months in prison after shooting at an unoccupied mosque near his Meriden home late at night after the Paris attacks. The day after the deadly Paris attack, Keogan posted an image on the Facebook page of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center showing a mosque in flames with the caption “burn your local mosque,” prosecutors said. Yusufi Vali, executive director of the Islamic Society, thanked the FBI and prosecutors for pursuing the case. “This sends a really clear message to the Boston, Massachusetts, community and really the whole world that Boston embraces its Muslims,” Vali said.

Source: Indian Express July 26, 2016 20:48 UTC