fbpx
Search Donate

Show results for
  • News
  • Videos
  • Action Alerts
  • Events
  • Resources
  • MEND

Portsmouth mosque vandalised

Portsmouth mosque vandalised

Categories: Latest News

Tuesday November 18 2014

The local paper, Portsmouth News, reports on yet another hate incident at the city’s Jami mosque.

Vandals scrawled a ‘vulgar word’ in purple letters on the walls of the mosque which have only recently been re-painted, according to the local news report.

The mosque has been the scene of a number of hate incidents over the last few years with the English Defence League gathering outside the mosque in November 2011 in protest at the burning of poppies by a provocative fringe group in Luton that year. The mosque faced a further protest by the same far right group at the end of last year when EDL supporters unfurled banners reading “terrorists are being radicalised here”.

Muhammed Badruzzaman, a nearby resident and regular at the mosque, told the local paper: “I cannot believe it. This must have happened just now because we have been here all day.

“We are going to have to complain to the police now, this is disgusting.”

Newsletter

Find out more about MEND, sign up to our email newsletter

Get all the latest news from MEND straight to your inbox. Sign up to our email newsletter for regular updates and events information

reCAPTCHA