<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="_blank" title="NSW "><span>NSW</span></a><span> Premier Chris Minns has offered his support to the Muslim community after a second threatening letter was sent to a mosque in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="_blank" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span>'s south-west.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lakemba Mosque received a drawing of the building depicted on fire with people inside alongside the words "burn them out", "human waste preach here", "filth" and "scum" yesterday afternoon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are investigating the matter and have taken the letter for forensic examination.</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>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-journalist-savannah-guthrie-issues-message-to-mothers-kidnapper/247c7f32-0f51-4860-b583-434b1cea8978" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>TV host's desperate plea to mother's kidnappers</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Minns has spoken with the community and said the government will always call out Islamophobia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Tonight, I have spoken with the Lebanese Muslim Association to express my support following threats to Lakemba Mosque," he said in a statement last night.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"People should be able to attend and pray without fear or intimidation.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/lakemba-mosque-receives-second-threatening-letter-in-a-fortnight/38c1c99c-e1ac-49ab-90e4-440235328f43" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The NSW government will continue to call out Islamophobia wherever it occurs, just as we will continue to call out racism and all forms of religious hatred."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was the second threatening letter the Lakemba Mosque had received in a fortnight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> </span><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/perth-terror-charge-invasion-day-rally-alleged-explosive/b714ed83-f9ad-4a66-a180-e35880b8600c" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Alleged attempted bombing attack at Perth Invasion Day rally declared a terrorist act</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 70-year-old man accused of sending the first letter is before the courts charged with three counts of sending documents, threatening death or grievous bodily harm.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Counter-terror and federal police allegedly found more than 100 letters, stamps, notepads, and several electronic devices during a search of his home on January 24.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Lebanese Muslim Association, which is the curator of the Lakemba Mosque, said it often receives hate mail, but the nature of the two recent ones was alarming.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This letter writer went to a lot of trouble to make [their] threats using words and images, and this kind of intimidation has become the new norm," spokesperson Hajj Gamel Kheir told the ABC.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are now witnessing a greater increase in Islamophobia than ever, which naturally is quite alarming."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/gus-lamont-missing-update-police-to-provide-significant-update/d6b4b5d2-a122-4731-ac12-3c14953ed2c5" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Person known to Gus Lamont identified as suspect in his disappearance</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Racism will never win. Islam and the Muslim community will never cower to the threats and demands of the racist element in Australia."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Muslim community is just days out from celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, when millions will fast, pray and spiritually reflect.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>