In yet another instance of Turkophobia and anti-Islam attitudes running rampant in Europe, a mosque run by the local Turkish community in Bremen, Germany, was vandalized by unknown assailants late Saturday.
The suspects threw pig’s ears and feet in the courtyard of the Yeni Fatih Mosque in Bremen’s Bremerhaven town. The Turkish foundation that runs the mosque called German police to find the perpetrator or perpetrators as soon as possible.
The mosque opened in 2011 in a ceremony attended by German politicians.
Employing pigs in attacks targeting Muslims is quite common as pigs are viewed as “unclean” by Muslims and raising or eating it is “haram” or forbidden.
Far-right crimes have significantly increased in Dresden since 2015, potentially triggered by neo-Nazi propaganda and right-wing populist movements that have exploited the refugee crisis and fears of Islam.
Source: https://www.dailysabah.com/investigations/2017/03/20/turkish-mosque-in-g…
