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# Man Arrested After Damaging Mosque in Toronto

Source: https://theislamicinformation.com/news/man-arrested-after-damaging-mosque-in-toronto/
Updated: 2021-04-03

**TORONTO, CANADA:** Peel Regional Police have arrested a man on Friday for vandalizing Muslim Mosque at [Toronto Pearson Airport](https://www.google.com/search?safe=strict&tbs=lf:1,lf_ui:2&tbm=lcl&sxsrf=ALeKk00M24Jm7Kyo6q6EPQkKax3XtgA1_g:1617445394539&q=Toronto+Pearson+Airport&rflfq=1&num=10&ved=2ahUKEwiAgb3R7eHvAhVeUBUIHd2QDVcQtgN6BAgJEAc#rlfi=hd:;si:;mv:%5B%5B43.6919361,-79.59707159999999%5D,%5B43.656124,-79.6551401%5D%5D;tbs:lrf:!1m4!1u3!2m2!3m1!1e1!1m4!1u2!2m2!2m1!1e1!1m4!1u16!2m2!16m1!1e1!1m4!1u16!2m2!16m1!1e2!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e16!2m1!1e3!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:2).

The suspect entered the mosque on March 21 at 2:30pm local time and caused the damage to the mosque.

Investigators have confirm that act was Islamophobia.

The suspect is 47-year-old Jean-Francis Oullette-Godin, having no fixed home address.

![Jean Francis Oullette Godin](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Jean-Francis-Oullette-Godin.jpg)

He was later released on an understaking with a court date of June 7, 2021 in Brampton.

![pearson airport mosque vandalized](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/pearson-airport-mosque-vandalized.jpg)