(WASHINGTON, DC, 10/2/12) - The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today offered a $5000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator of an arson attack on an Ohio mosque. CAIR also urged national leaders to address the growing number of anti-Muslim hate incidents. Perrysburg Township Police released surveillance photographs of a "person of interest" in an intentionally-set fire Sunday at the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo. The man seen in the photographs is a white male wearing a camouflage hat and sweatshirt. Authorities also released a photograph of a red vehicle driving onto the property. The fire was set when the mosque was empty and caused smoke and water damage on the second floor. In 2008, a Toledo man pleaded guilty to making threatening phone calls to the same mosque. Video: Police Show 'Person of Interest' in Ohio Mosque Arson www.youtube.com Local Mosque Fire Ruled Arson tinyurl.com "We hope this reward will result in the arrest and conviction of whoever tried to destroy an American house of worship," said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. "We believe the ever-growing list of anti-Muslim incidents nationwide is being prompted by rising, and largely unchallenged, Islamophobic rhetoric in public discourse." In September, CAIR called on the FBI to investigate hate vandalism at mosques in Virginia and New York. In August, CAIR asked authorities to investigate a suspicious fire at a ...