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Mosque defaced with hate messages unites Canadian town

#ColdLake residents clean off the words “Go home” graffitied onto local mosque.

Town residents rallied around a vandalised mosque in the Canadian city of Cold Lake on Friday. 

The words “Go home” were spray painted by unknown individuals onto the mosque’s exterior and its windows were broken. Local residents later cleaned off the words and put up posters which read “You are home” and “Love your neighbour”. 

Local media and citizens shared images of residents cleaning the mosque.