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A national Muslim civil rights organization is offering a reward following a small fire at a Gadsden mosque Wednesday night.
Gadsden city officials said the fire took place Nov. 11 at the Gadsden Islamic Society on South Ninth Street.
Members of the neighborhood noticed the fire, which engulfed a doormat, and extinguished it before it spread. No one was injured.
The Alabama office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible.
According to CAIR, security footage shows a man wearing gray clothing, a hoodie, and a mask approaching the mosque and throwing an object at the front entrance which triggered the fire. Attempts to reach Gadsden police for comment were not immediately successful.
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