Police Investigate Fake Website That Targeted Islamic Center of Wheaton

Wheaton Police are investigating a fake website that was designed to look like it was run by the Islamic Center of Wheaton.

The Wheaton mosque has filed a report with the Wheaton Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation regarding the website, which was located at http://www.icwonline.today. The website promoted violence and radicalism, the Daily Herald reports.

“A website bearing the same name of ICW is on the web and it contains lies, fabrications, and slander about Islam; our beloved prophet, and our community. This site is also making mockery of Christians who are interacting with ICW,” according to a statement from the Islamic Center of Wheaton.

As of Wednesday morning, it appeared the website had been taken down.

The Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called the website “malicious, dangerous, and laden with criminal components.”

“The website decried interfaith activities and called local Christians who engage Muslims in dialogue, “sleep walkers” threatening them with regret,” according to a news release from CAIR-Chicago. “It mocked local professor Larycia Hawkins who has been targeted by her employer, the Christian Wheaton College, for likely termination due to her “unqualified assertion of solidarity with Muslims and Jews.”