Minnesota Man Charged with Arson at Two Mosques Appears in Court.

A Minnesota man, Jackie Rahm Little, has been charged with arson after two Minneapolis mosques were set on fire last week. Little was also accused of committing acts of vandalism and harassment, including to a police vehicle assigned to a Somali officer and a shopping center known as the “Somali Mall”. The name of the congressional representative whose office was vandalized was redacted from court documents, but Representative Ilhan Omar said Little had vandalized her office at least once. Hate crimes in the United States increased 11.6 percent between 2020 and 2021, according to the F.B.I.