Following a Saturday bomb attack on a Minnesota mosque, the state's governor has called the incident an "act of terrorism," condemning the violence.

In a meeting with public officials and community leaders at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Minneapolis, Governor Mark Dayton described the attack as "so wretched" and "not Minnesota," according to The Guardian.

"This is an act of terrorism," the governor said. "This is against the law in America."

The blast took place during morning prayers on Saturday, around 5 a.m. Nobody was injured in the attack, but it has left the congregation fearful and shaken.

"We feel like it’s much deeper and scarier than like something random," Mohamed Omar, the center’s executive director, said on Sunday. "It’s so scary."

Currently, the FBI is investigating the attack, according to The Independent. Officials have said they are looking into the possibility that the incident is a hate crime. A special agent working on the case said it appeared the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device, pieces of which have been recovered from the scene.

"If a bias motive is proven, this attack would represent another in a long list of hate incidents targeting Islamic institutions nationwide in recent months," Amir Malik, the civil rights director of the local chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said regarding the investigation.

>Hate crimes targeting American Muslims and mosques have been on the rise in the last couple of years. Activists have also noted a spike since the campaign and election of U.S. President Donald Trump, who ran his campaign heavily based on blatantly xenophobic rhetoric. 

Many have pointed to the double-standards of politicians and the American media when it comes to responding to these increasing incidents. 

President Trump has remained mostly silent regarding attacks against Muslims and mosques while continuing to push forward his ban on travelers from several Muslim majority countries.

Others have pointed out that the media regularly fails to call attacks on Muslims or mosques acts of "terrorism," while the term is quickly used when the perpetrator comes from a Muslim background.

Asad Zaman, director of the Muslim American Society of Minnesota, said there is a $24,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the individual or individuals behind the terrorist attack.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has encouraged mosques throughout the country to enhance their security measures.