According to reports nobody was injured in the arson attack, but the mosque’s door suffered light fire damage after the fire service was called to the scene in Ryecroft Street at around 12.50am local time and extinguished the fire.
Police forces reviewed CCTV images which showed a man pouring petrol around the door, then setting a rag on fire and using it to ignite the fuel.
The arsonist is described as a white man, of medium or large build.
“We think the man who did this would have been engulfed in flames when he set light to the door”, said Detective Chief Inspector Steve Bean, of Gloucestershire Police, who is leading the investigation.
“This could have resulted in burns to the face and singed eyebrows”, he added.
Chief Inspector Richard Burge said: “Gloucester has a wonderfully diverse and welcoming community and I know people will be upset and angry about this.
“In recent weeks I’ve been buoyed by the fact we haven’t seen any of the tensions there have been elsewhere in the country. I know now the community will come together, help us with our inquiries and show that it utterly rejects acts like this.”
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