2 women arrested for breaking into US Islamic centre

LOS ANGELES: Two women were arrested for breaking into an Islamic center in Arizona and filming themselves making anti-Islamic remarks, police said.

Tahnee Gonzales and Elizabeth Dauenhauer were arrested for third-degree burglary “after the investigation revealed they entered onto the property of the Tempe Islamic Center and subsequently removed various items,” local police spokesman Ron Elcock said in a statement. “Based on the details of the crime an enhancement of hate crime will be considered for sentencing,” he said. The women posted several videos on Facebook showing them entering the center, making insulting remarks about Muslims and encouraging their children to repeat them. Ahmad Al-Akoum, the center´s director of inter-faith relations and one of its imams, told AFP that the incident took place the morning of March 4, when no one else was present.