[LINK] "Peterborough mosque hit by arson reaches $80K crowdfunding goal"

[rfmcdonald]

The arson attack on a mosque in the Ontario city of Peterborough made national headlines, but it's good to see there's enough goodwill that crowdfunding for repairs was a near-immediate success.

A crowdfunding campaign to raise money for repairs to mosque in Peterborough, Ont., that was damaged in a fire set deliberately on Saturday has hit its goal of $80,000.

The mosque was damaged in a fire late Saturday night. An entry on the fundraising website FundRazr set a goal of $80,000, the estimated cost to repair the Kawartha Muslim Religious Association's mosque. That total was reached just after noon today.

Association president Kenzu Abdella said members of the congregation had been inside 784 Parkhill Rd. to celebrate the birth of a new baby just an hour before the fire broke out. He said the fire was "clearly a hate crime."

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Abdella said since the Kawartha Muslim Religious Association was founded in 1994, it has only been targeted by criminals once before. After the 9/11 terror attacks, the previous building had its windows smashed out.