ONTARIO – A Muslim congregation in Canada said a fire that burnt down its mosque over the weekend appears to be a hate crime.

The fire at the Kawartha Muslim Religious Association’s mosque in Peterborough, Ontario, broke out Saturday evening and caused up $80,000 in damage; no one was inside at the time. Officials confirmed Sunday that the fire was deliberately set.

The mosque is the only one in Peterborough, a city of 135,000, and association president Kenzu Abdella said the Muslim community has traditionally had a good relationship with the rest of the city. But after learning the fire was intentional, he said he was certain the arson was a hate crime.

In Florida, officials are investigating phone threats made against mosques on Sunday, the Tampa Bay Times reported.

FBI spokesman David Couvertier confirmed the bureau is looking into voice-mails that threatened to firebomb and shoot members of a Muslim congregation in St. Petersburg, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations said in a press release that a second Florida mosque had received similar threats, although it did not identify the mosque or location. The threats prompted the St. Petersburg mosque to cancel its Sunday school.