Suspected far-right extremists brick up mosque in Germany
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The entrance to a mosque in the town of Parchim in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern were bricked up by far right Germans on August 26, 2016.
Far-right extremists in northern Germany have blocked the entrance of a mosque with concrete blocks and covered it with anti-Muslim slogans in a show of protest against Chancellor Angela Merkel’s pro-refugee policies.
According to a report published by the Telegraph on Wednesday, the incident occurred in the town of Parchim in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on August 26.
For some time, Muslims, who had come there for Friday Prayers, were barred by the vandals from entering the mosque.
The hastily-erected wall, covered by flyers attached to it such as “You call yourself believers, we call you invaders,” shocked the small Muslim community in the small town of 19,000 residents.
The mosque has no minarets, and no call to prayer is broadcast on Fridays for some 150 Muslims living there.
Friday’s incident is said to be the second such attack against the small town’s mosque during the past few months.
An investigation is underway into both incidents, but anti-Islam and anti-refugee elements are suspected to have been behind the hate attack.
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