Wayland Mosque Receives Letter That Says 'Trump Will Cleanse America'

WAYLAND, MA — It is addressed "To the Children of Satan." Keegan Stephan, writer, student organizer and student representative of the Civil Rights Section of the Federal Bar Association, Tweeted on Thursday that his childhood friend's mosque - the Islamic Center of Boston in Wayland - had received hate mail from a group that calls itself "Americans for a Better Way."

The letter, seen below, continues, "You Muslims would be wise to pack your bags and get out of Dodge."

"My friend Shahjehan Khan posted it on Facebook," Stephan told Patch. "It was shared with him by his father, the president of the Islamic Center of Boston in Wayland."

Malik Khan, president of the Islamic Center of Boston, told the MetroWest Daily News that the note was similar to other letters received at mosques around the country.

The hateful letter threatening Muslims was reportedly sent to at least five mosques in California, as well as another in Savannah, Georgia, the Council of American Islamic Relations said in a statement.

A friend also told Stephan that his mosque in Pennsylvania had received a similar letter.

Photo courtesy Keegan Stephan