"It does seem coincidental that there was a fire a month ago and there was another one this month," Rhine said.
FBI spokesman Bridget Patton said both incidents occurred in the middle of the night, but said the FBI would "wait to determine the cause of the fire."
"If it is determined that the attack was intentional, we will conduct and investigation to see if there is any correlation between this fire and that of July 4," Patton added.
Local community members say this is one of a series of attacks on their mosque since it was founded in 2007.
"Since the establishment of the mosque, we've been constantly under attack," said former mosque board member Navid Zaidi, 47. "Our sign has been burnt ... Our mailbox was smashed multiple times. We had bullets shot at our sign."
Zaidi says the local community is lucky the attack occurred in the early morning, when no one was there.
"During Ramadan is a time when more people attend the services. We are fortunate that no one was hurt today," he said, referring to the ongoing Muslim holy month of fasting and prayer.
Zaidi complained that no suspects have been apprehended in the month since the July 4 attack. "I don't recall in my 27 years in the US, ever seeing perpetrators apprehended," he said.
Source: AFP
