Source: Chicago Tribune

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0512060181dec06,1,6119843.story

On December 6, 2005 the Chicago Tribune reported, "A Greektown mosque and restaurant was vandalized during the weekend, leaving worshipers wondering why their house of worship was targeted.

'Viva Mexican. Isan Diablo,' was written in red marker more than 30 times Saturday morning on the walls of Kabab Corner... and of the mosque in the restaurant's basement that is popular with cabdrivers.

Copies of the Koran were also placed in trash bags, and the pulpit where sermons are delivered was turned on its side, said Mohamed Addelrahim, the owner.

'This could be an issue of a disgruntled employee. But seeing as how they wrote "diablo" in a mosque, it could very well be a hate crime too,' said Ahmed Rehab, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Chicago, a Muslim advocacy group. Rehab is Addelrahim's cousin.

'Diablo' is Spanish for 'devil.'

The vandalism is being investigated as a criminal defacement of property, not as a hate crime, said John Mirabelli, a Chicago police spokesman... [Addelrahim is] worried that 'Isan'--not a relevant word in either Spanish or English--is a misspelling of 'Islam.'"