UP

3 mosques suffer assaults in 2 days

Home page World
12 Punto 14 Punto 16 Punto 18 Punto
3 mosques suffer assaults in 2 days

Three mosques in Germany have suffered assaults over the past two days, a local Turkish Muslim community leader said on Tuesday.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that at the Eyup Sultan Mosque in Kamen, North Rhine-Westphalia, a right-wing group desecrated the mosque walls with hateful graffiti such as “get out," said Mustafa Kose, the top official in Kamen from the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB).

In the city of Hessen, central Germany, vandals threw rocks at the Kassel Central Mosque.

Finally, at a mosque in Bremen, northwestern Germany, a copy of the holy Quran was set on fire.

"There is a fear in our congregations, and religious officials, they're considering locking the doors of the mosque during prayer time," Kose said.

Saying that police are investigating the attacks, he added that the attackers should be arrested as soon as possible.

The attacks take place amid Islamophobic groups gaining more political power in Europe, as well as deadly assaults on mosques in Western countries, including the New Zealand attack this March which took 51 lives.

Date
2019.06.11 / 18:18
Author
Axar.az
See also

Albania’s anti-government protests enter seventh day

Iran completes land acquisition for Rasht-Astara railway

Mirziyoyev, Rubio discuss strategic partnership

Zurich to Shanghai flight makes emergency landing in Baku

Moldova sends protest note to Ukraine over Dniester incident

France imposes curfew in parts of Paris amid protests

Bomb threats target schools across Europe

Lavrov: Russia ready to help resolve Iran-US conflict

Ukrainian military losses updated on day 1,699 of war

Warren Buffett’s children to oversee $150 billion fortune

Latest
Xocalı soyqırımı — 1992-ci il Bağla
Bize yazin Bağla
ArxivBağla