April 02
In yet another apparent incident of Islamophobia unknown people broke into the Logan mosque in Queesnland Australia and vandalised the mosque property during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
Reports suggest that the attack happened around midnight after a group of men barged into the mosque and vandalized the mosque property including the Qurans placed inside the mosque, they also broke glasses and thrashed window panes of the mosque.
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The mosque is often in news as it has remained a centre of religious co existence and the Muslims in mosque have always celebrated the oneness and unity of Australia. The mosque in Logan City marks Australia Day every year on 26 and 27th January in the only way they know how — by celebrating Australia and the peace and freedom we enjoy and hold so dear.
In a similar incident on 21 March, five mosques were vandalized with sledgehammers in United Kingdom’s Birmingham City, Police responded to reports of a man smashing windows with a sledgehammer at a mosque in Birchfield Road at 2.32am, but when they arrived at the scene they discovered the attack had taken place some time earlier.
Last month, in another case of Islamophobia, a terrorist barged inside a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand and shot dead 40 Muslims who had gathered in the mosque to offer Friday congregation prayers.