'Will cut off your heads': Texas mosque threatened by alleged army veteran

In his threat, the caller mentioned that Muslims are trying to import their Islamic Sharia law to the US.

Watauga, Texas:

Amid increasing hate crimes and lone wolf attacks, a popular mosque in US has been receiving threats on voice mail and its answering machine from an unknown caller.

The messages were often ignored and deleted by Watauga Masjid authorities, however, in the last message the caller introduced himself as Christian army veteran and threatened to cut off the heads of Muslims, calling their faith as 'violent religion'.

According to a report in The Washington Post, while threatening the mosque, the caller claimed that Muslims were trying to import their Islamic Sharia law to the US.

'Will cut off your heads. Do you understand me All of you,' the caller was heard saying.

Simon Vincent, in charge of the mosque's security, contacted the law enforcement authorities and handed over the video recording to them. -"We are fed up with such activities. Even during Ramadan, we encountered an incident when someone tried to shine a laser sight at the mosque from his rifle,-" said Vincent.

Authorities said that they are investigating the matter and trying to establish the caller's identity. The Watauga Masjid has been provided with additional security since the last threat.

Frequent mosque visitors said that they did not believe that the potential attacker was a Christian. -"Christians don't do this. This is a form of terrorism,-" a visitor was quoted as saying.

US has witnessed an increase in hate crimes, especially against Muslims and Sikhs in the recent times. Moreover, US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump had called for a complete shutdown on Muslims entering the United States until the country's representatives figured out what was going on.

(This Story originally appeared on Deccan Chronicle)