Mohamad Bekheet is accused of using feces to write the word 'Allah' on a sign in front of the South Paterson elementary school.
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Bekheet is charged with bias intimidation, criminal mischief, and harassment.
New Jersey's council on American-Islamic relations is calling for a hate crime probe in the wake of the vandalism.
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