CHICAGO: A US man who set fire to a prayer rug in an Ohio mosque was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to hate crime charges, officials said Tuesday.
"Hate crimes like this seek to damage more than buildings, they take aim at our American way of life," Steven Dettelbach, US Attorney for the northern district of Ohio, said in a statement.
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