Sign Second vandalism

"We feel that this has been an unfortunate incident that appears to be the fruits of the recent hate comments made locally towards Islam in general and the Murfreesboro Muslim Community in particular.

We have reported this incident to our local authorities as well as the FBI. We place our trust in our law enforcement personnel and judicial system and feel that this incident will be dealt with accordingly. Our community and supporters will remain vigilant and will not tolerate any abuse. We would like to remind everyone that we are contributing members in this community as doctors, businessmen, professors and workers. We have been in this community for many many years.

We are extremely saddened to see that there are a few members from the community who are misinformed and chose to target us by making hate statements and vandalizing our private property.

To the overwhelming majority who has shown us support and wished us well; we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We wish for nothing more than to reside in peace and to be a good neighbor. We are just practicing our constitutional rights, just as any other lawful citizen of this beloved country of ours would."