Posted March 9, 2017 12:02 pm by Comments

By Jennifer Cruz

The Tawfiq Islamic Center was sent a hateful letter as they constructed a new, bigger building. (Photo: Facebook)
A 57-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to one year in prison followed by three years of supervised release for threatening to blow up a mosque in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Justice Department announced.
Daniel George Fisher pleaded guilty on Nov. 30 to obstructing, by threat of force, the free exercise of religious beliefs.
According to court documents, Fisher penned then mailed a letter to the Tawfiq Islamic Center in September 2015. In the letter, which was mailed anonymously, Fisher said he would “blow up your building with all you immigrants in it.” In addition to the threat, the letter also contained a number of profanities, a barrage of anti-Muslim, ethical and racial slurs, as well as derogatory statements about Islam.
Religious leaders at the center contacted authorities upon receiving the letter and tests revealed two sets of fingerprints on the letter, with one set belonging to Fisher. Fisher’s last known address turned out to be just a couple of blocks from the mosque, but further investigation revealed that Fisher no longer lived there. Authorities learned that Fisher was homeless, with no known address.
Once authorities caught

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