By Mark Donovan

mdonovan@heraldsun.com; 419-6655

DURHAM -- The Jamaat Ibad Ar-Rahman mosque at 3034 Fayetteville Street was vandalized and burglarized late Sunday or early Monday, police and mosque officials said Wednesday.

It marked the second attack on the mosque in three months. On July 27, doors and windows were also smashed.

According to the Sunni mosque's imam, Amr Dabour, two reinforced glass doors on the exterior of the building were smashed as were a number of other doors and windows and computers and printers were stolen.

"There is a big possibility that this is a hate crime," Dabour said. "We are not sure. We have a very good relation with the neighborhood. We have been in the site for almost three decades and we have not experienced something like this in the past as far as I know.

"We think that the police could do more to eliminate such thing specially since the police station is almost next door," Dabour added.

Police spokeswoman Kammie Michael said the incident is under investigation.