Category Archives: Anti-Muslim violence

Italian mosque vandalised, Qur’an burnt

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Rieti mosque vandalismItalian officials have expressed solidarity with the Muslim community after a mosque in the Italian city of Rieti in the Lazio region was damaged by vandals.

“Unknown people burned the sacred Koran, stole money, destroyed the paintings and writings relating to Islam and turned upside down the place of worship inside the mosque,” Morocco World News cited a report by Italian newspaper Il Messaggero on Monday, March 17.

The assault dates back to Sunday evening when vandals attacked the Mosque of Peace, located 80 kilometers from Rome, destroying its property and burning copies of the Noble Qur’an.

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Milton Keynes mosque fire: Richard Bevington admits arson

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Bletchley mosque arsonA man has admitted starting a fire at a mosque in Milton Keynes. Richard Bevington, 30, of North Street, Bletchley, pleaded guilty at Aylesbury Crown Court to arson with intent to endanger life and a racially and religiously-aggravated public order offence.

A fire was started at the back of the mosque on Manor Road, Bletchley, at about 01:00 GMT on 8 March, Thames Valley Police said.

The defendant will be sentenced in May. Bevington also pleaded guilty to two counts of drug possession.

BBC News, 17 March 2014

Hamilton, New Zealand: Man arrested over racial abuse and assault at mosque

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Hamilton police are praising worshippers at a city mosque who, despite being subject to alleged physical assault and racial abuse, showed restraint and helped facilitate the arrest of a suspect.

City Area Commander, Inspector Greg Nicholls, says police were called to the mosque on the corner of Heaphy Tce and Boundary Rd shortly before 1am. Members of the Islamic community were at the mosque cleaning it in preparation for morning prayers when they became subject to a tirade of racial abuse, Mr Nicholls says.

He says the victims wisely chose to ignore the abuse, however the intoxicated offender climbed a fence, entered the mosque’s grounds and allegedly assaulted one man and spat and swore at others. Instead of retaliating, the victims phoned 111 and police found the suspect at a park across the street, Mr Nicholls says.

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German princess appears in court accused of threatening to kill Muslims and attacking fellow revellers at a posh Scots party

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A German princess appeared in court yesterday accused of threatening to kill Muslims and calling police officers paedophiles at a posh Scots bash. Princess Theodora Sayn-Wittgenstein is also charged with shouting homophobic abuse and attacking fellow revellers and security staff at the exclusive event in St Andrews on Saturday.

The 27-year-old, whose mum is Swedish and whose dad is a German prince, was at the Oktoberfest party at Kinkell Farm with a host of drunken toffs from around the world. It is one of the highlights of the social calendar with students at the university where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met and fell in love.

Sayn-Wittgenstein, from Bavaria, was arrested at the party and locked in a cell over the weekend before appearing from custody at Cupar Sheriff Court. Officers hustled her in through a back door with a coat over her head. It is understood they had to wait until a cell became free because court staff didn’t want her to share with other prisoners due to her background.

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Milton Keynes mosque arson: Man charged

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Bletchley mosque arson

A 30-year-old man has been charged with arson and a “racially aggravated” offence after a fire at a mosque in Milton Keynes.

Thames Valley Police said a fire was started at the back of the mosque on Manor Road, Bletchley, at about 01:00 GMT on Saturday. Richard Bevington, of North Street, Bletchley, has been charged with arson with intent to endanger life and has been remanded in custody. No-one was hurt in the incident.

Mr Bevington has also been charged with a “racially and religiously aggravated section five public order offence”, possession of cocaine and possession of cannabis. He is due to appear at Milton Keynes Magistrates’ court on Monday.

The mosque was created out of a former pub two years ago.

BBC News, 9 March 2014

Update:  See “Man charged with arson of Milton Keynes mosque remanded in custody”, Milton Keynes MKWeb, 10 March 2014

The FN candidate with Nazi sympathies who wants to shoot Muslims

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Séverine Amelot Facebook post

Under Marine Le Pen’s leadership the Front National has been trying to present a more respectable face to French voters. Unfortunately for Le Pen, some of her supporters aren’t entirely on message.

L’Express has revealed that Séverine Amelot, a municipal council candidate for the FN-led Rassemblement Bleu Marine alliance in Nevers, has posted Facebook photos of herself under a swastika flag and wearing a shirt with a Waffen-SS emblem.

Another photo features Amelot in a t-shirt with an Odin Cross, standing next a cannon which she talks about using to “kill all that scum … on Friday when they are at prayer”.

Séverine Amelot Nazi

Man arrested after arson attack on Milton Keynes mosque

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Thames Valley Police has arrested a 30-year-old man in connection with an arson attack on a mosque in Milton Keynes.

Officers were called to the mosque in Manor Road, Bletchley, shortly before 1am this morning (8/3) after reports of a man seen acting suspiciously shortly before a fire was started at the rear of the building. Officers carried out enquiries at the scene which led to them arresting a man on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life shortly afterwards. No one was hurt in the incident. The man, who is from the Milton Keynes area, remains in police custody at this time.

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Thatcham says ‘there’s no place for EDL here’

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Newbury Weekly News EDL protest reportA demonstration in Thatcham town centre by English Defence League members and supporters has been condemned as “vigilantism”.

Newbury MP Richard Benyon condemned the incident at the weekend, saying: “In this country we don’t operate by the rule of the mob”. Meanwhile, shopkeepers and civic leaders told the far right organisation to “stay away from our town”.

For weeks, EDL members are said to have been leafleting and fly-posting in Thatcham. Matters came to a head last Friday evening when a group of EDL members and supporters, some claiming to hail from Bournemouth and Southampton, descended on Thatcham town centre.

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Right-wing extremism: Germany’s new Islamophobia boom

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German anti-mosque placardAcross Germany, right-wing organizations are using anti-Islam rhetoric to further their ideas – and finding a receptive audience. Now legal experts are debating whether it’s time for a new kind of hate-crime legislation.

Der Spiegel reports that the rise of right-wing Islamophobic organisations like Die Freiheit, Pro Deutschland, Pax Europa, Nürnberg 2.0 and Politically Incorrect has been accompanied by arson and other attacks on mosques.

Via Loonwatch