Muslim leaders shocked by WA mosque attack

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Muslim leaders say a fire bombing outside a Perth mosque won't stop people going about their everyday lives and praying during the holy month of Ramadan.
Source: AAP

Muslim leaders are shocked over a fire bombing outside a Perth mosque but say the hate crime will not stop people going about their everyday lives.

A suspected petrol bomb exploded outside the Thornlie Mosque in Perth's south as hundred of worshippers attended a prayer service on Tuesday night but no one was injured when the four-wheel-drive exploded.

The fire spread to three other vehicles and anti-Islamic graffiti was written on a wall of the associated Australian Islamic College on Tonbridge Way in Thornlie just before 8pm.

But it hasn't stopped dozens of people reportedly returning to the mosque on Wednesday morning for prayers as part of the holy month of Ramadan.

Thornlie Mosque & Australian Islamic College leader Yahya Adel Ibrahim described the incident as a hate crime but said people should not have to change their way of life and add extra security on account of a few people.


"Australia is built on fellowship, mateship and giving people a fair go and acceptance and love and we're not going to let that change on account of a handful of criminals," he told ABC radio.

He was thankful no one was hurt and said everyone stayed to finish their prayers and refused to give into the terror that had just occurred.

"Tens, if not hundreds of people have asked if they can help with the clean-up and one of the silver linings of this hate-infused atrocity is that it actually brings us together," he said.

Australian Islamic College executive principal Abdullah Khan said he was shocked by the attack but it would be business as usual as the school stayed open on Wednesday.

"The people who were praying last night, they came out obviously when they heard this," he told ABC radio.


But after some time, when they saw that emergency services and police were there, they went back into the mosque and continued their prayer, he said.