<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The ugly vandalism of a </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/brisbane" rel="" target="" title="Brisbane"><span>Brisbane</span></a><span> mosque, in which antisemitic and Islamophobic messages and symbols were painted onto its walls, has been widely condemned, including by a local MP and an Australian Test cricketer.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An unknown person was caught on CCTV defacing a wall of the Bald Hills mosque with spray paint overnight on Wednesday before fleeing to a car.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A swastika was among the ugly messages and slogans worshipers were confronted with yesterday morning.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bondi-beach-shooting-live-updates-survivors-return-to-bondi-matilda-others-laid-to-rest-anger-grows-at-prime-minister-anthony-albanese/cbb696eb-bd84-4b02-96c5-6ddbee837ae9" target="_blank"><strong><span>NSW unveils new gun reform, protest crackdown laws</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police say the vandalism occurred between 8pm on Wednesday and 3am on Thursday and have increased patrols of the area.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja shared the vandalism on Instagram, with a message for his followers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Don't let the haters divide us," he wrote.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/mosque-vandalism-brisbane-white-supremacist-symbolism-police-queensland-news/21182e07-278e-4fe6-9d9a-58dd3ff55590" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Members shared their disappointment as they left the mosque this afternoon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I've always felt that true Australian camaraderie and mateship, that we have with one another, and I'm not going to let this act taint that," Abbed Akbery said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The evil that exists around us purely to spread division and it breeds more hate and the only answer is love," Greg McIntosh said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sandgate MP Bisma Asif also condemned the act of hate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This comes on the back of 15 innocent people who have lost their lives, at the hands of extremists," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There is no room for this kind of division or hatred in our community.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"My message to our local community is we must stand together at these times of grief.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A lot of people are hurting right now.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We need to come together rather than tear each other apart, and there is no room for racism, racial vilification, or any forms of discrimination."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Boards have since been secured over the graffiti.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has relevant information is asked to contact police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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