Turkish Deputy PM Warns Against Increased Atacks On Turks And Muslims Abroad

28 January 2018

Daily Sabah

There is a serious increase in attacks on Turks and Muslims living abroad, Deputy Prime Minister Hakan Çavuşoğlu said Wednesday.

Speaking at the parliament in capital Ankara, Hakan Çavuşoğlu said nearly every week there was an attack on a mosque or an arson attack on a Turkish nongovernmental organization or acts like vandalism involving racist slogans or leaving the head of a pig behind.

'We have observed a serious rise in attacks and acts against Muslims and Turks in the recent period in countries where our citizens live in big numbers,' Çavuşoğlu said.

He added that most of such attacks remained unpunished and urged authorities to seek justice for the victims.

He said some countries were also restricting family reunification and tightening conditions for such visas.

'Germany being first, countries like Belgium and Denmark have tightened the conditions for family reunification visa. On family reunification, discrimination towards our citizens has drawn our attention,' Çavuşoğlu added

Mosque Targeted With Homemade Bomb In Sweden

Swedish police are investigating an attack on a mosque with a homemade bomb as a hate crime, officers said Monday.

The attack on the Islamic Cultural Center in Saffle, a town 45 kilometers (28 miles) southwest of Karsltad, left ball-bearings lodged in the walls of the center's prayer room.

Broadcaster SVT reported that police had completed a preliminary investigation and were treating the attack as a hate crime.

'Windows were broken and the walls were hit by explosives reinforced with BB pellets,' center Chairman Abdihakem Adan said.

'An average of 100 people come to the mosque and pray every day.'

Sweden is a strong draw for many migrants and about 15 percent of its population was born abroad. An estimated 100,000 ethnic Turks live in the Nordic country.

Swedish police said Monday that they are investigating a homemade bomb attack on a mosque as a hate crime. The attack on the Islamic Cultural Center in Saffle, Sweden, a town 45 kilometers (28 miles) southwest of Karsltad, left ball-bearings lodged in the walls of the center's prayer room.

Broadcaster SVT reported that police had completed a preliminary investigation and were treating the attack as a hate crime.

'Windows were broken and the walls were hit by explosives reinforced with BB pellets,' center Chairman Abdihakem Adan said. 'An average of 100 people come to the mosque and pray every day.'

Sweden is a strong draw for many migrants and about 15 percent of its population was born abroad. An estimated 100,000 ethnic Turks live in the Nordic country.

Sweden has seen a spate of attacks against mosques and refugee centers in recent years, as the country has taken in record numbers of refugees, 245,000 in 2014 and 2015.

In November 2016, at a Stockholm mosque just after morning prayers on Saturday, unidentified attackers burst into the building, spray painting swastikas and hate speech on the walls and throwing firecrackers, police said.

All of the worshippers had left the mosque at the time of the attack except one, and he was shaken but unharmed, mosque officials told Swedish news agency TT.

In October 2016, police suspected arson was behind a fire that damaged a Muslim prayer room in Malmo in southern Sweden.
 

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