Overview

• Jackie Rahm Little, 38, admitted to one count of arson and one count of damage to religious property for fires at mosques in Bloomington and Minneapolis.
• Prosecutors said the April 24, 2023 blaze at Bloomington’s Masjid Al-Rahma forced a daycare evacuation and caused more than $378,000 in damage.
• The day before, Little set a fire in a restroom at Minneapolis’s Masjid Omar Islamic Center but fled after an employee intervened, leaving partially burned cardboard and a gas canister.
• The case stems from an FBI investigation and is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Evan B. Gilead, with the plea entered before U.S. District Judge Ann D. Montgomery.
• Sentencing has not been scheduled, and CAIR-Minnesota’s Jaylani Hussein said the attacks steeled community resolve, while court records note a history of mental illness and prior arson or suspected arson and domestic violence.