A California man pleaded guilty Tuesday to vandalizing a Missouri Islamic Center and burning two Quarans. Now he’ll face fines, jail time, and have to apologize in person to the Muslim leaders of the center.
Adam Smock, 23, admitted in the plea agreement that on two occasions, once in January of 2011 and once in April of the same year, he and two other people vandalized the center. The trio sprayed graffiti on the Islamic Center of Springfield, and burned two copies of the Quran and left the charred copies in front of the Islamic Center. The total cost of the damage was $15,662. One of his fellow vandals was 14-years-old.
They also left a note at the Islamic Center typed on computer paper:
“To: Sincere Followers of Allah,
“Today, we show the Muslim Nation that its oppressive religion won’t go without a fight, not from soldiers, but from average citizens willing to fight for America – for there are three (sic) burned Qur’ans that lay spread in the driveway. For we grow tired of Anti-Zionism. The Islamification of Europe. Terroristic regimes. And worst of all, the membership of 1.5 billion Muslims that stain the earth. And we vow one thing: Islam will not survive.
“Death to Islam!”
In the plea agreement, the prosecution and defense agreed to recommend to the judge that Smock be jailed for two weeks, pay $10,440 in restitution, do 40 hours of community service, and spend five years on supervised release. Smock must also meet with the leaders of the Islamic Center he defaced and apologize.
This is not the only Muslim facility to be targeted. Mosques near San Bernardino, Calif. were targeted soon after news broke that the perpetrators of the shooting were Muslim.
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