Mosque In The Netherlands Targeted By Far-right Attack: Swedish Man Fined 1,400 Euros For Harassing, Insulting 3 Muslim Women On Train

Mosque In The Netherlands Targeted By Far-right Attack: Swedish Man Fined 1,400 Euros For Harassing, Insulting 3 Muslim Women On Train

28 August 2017

An under-construction mosque in southeastern Netherlands was targeted by a group of far-right extremists, head of the mosque said Saturday.

The far-right 'Identitair Verzet' movement hanged anti-Islam banners at the roof of Tevhid mosque which is under construction in Venlo city.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Ahmet Dursun, head of Tevhid Mosque, condemned the incident and said there were many far-right extremists in their neighborhood, but they were not expecting such an attack.

"We've held talks with the mayor and some other officials. They are supporting us," he said, adding: "We will take necessary measures not to experience such incidents again."

The group, which claimed the responsibility for the incident, draped banners reading "Stay away. The Netherlands belongs to us. We don't want a mosque and Muslims in our neighborhood" both in Turkish and Dutch. They also shared the photos of banners on social media, and claimed they "occupied" the mosque.

In the past two months, PEGIDA, another far-right anti-Muslim movement, carried out a stunt at under-construction Selimiye Mosque in Veghel and an Islamic primary school in Leiden.

Swedish man fined 1,400 euros for harassing, insulting 3 Muslim women on train

A Swedish man who harassed and insulted three veiled Muslim women on a suburban train in Sweden back in 2015 was fined 14,000 kroner (about 1,400 euros) by a court on Friday.

According to national wire service TT news agency, the three women were traveling on a commuter train to the Swedish capital of Stockholm when a man walked up to them and took out some bacon, then waved it in front of their faces and demanded that they eat it.

After the women changed their seats, clearly disturbed from the man's actions, he reportedly ate the bacon in front of them and shouted "I hate Muslims."

The Attunda District Court ruled that the man's intention was to 'insult' the women on the grounds of their 'ethnicity' and 'religion'. The court also ordered him to pay 5,000 kroner to the women, as well as an additional 9,000 kroner for no jail time, Anadolu Agency reported.

The 52-year-old was also involved in a similar hate crime in 2016, when he shouted "I hate Muslims" And "Filthy Arabs" at a subway station in Stockholm.

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