A Muslim civil liberties group is calling on the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office to drop hate crime accusations against a group of people who allegedly graffitied “F*** Israel” on the wall of a church in Euless.

Raunaq Alam, Julia Venzor and Afsheen Khan vandalized Uncommon Church in March 2024, according to their indictments. They're charged with criminal mischief damaging a place of worship, paired with hate crime enhancements that make the crimes more severe.

Alam’s trial is scheduled to begin Monday, online court records show. He vandalized the church “primarily because of the defendant’s bias or prejudice against a group identified by national origin and/or ancestry and/or religion, namely, the state of Israel or Jewish faith,” prosecutors argue in the indictment.

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