Auckland mosques attacked

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Ponsonby mosque graffiti

Members of Auckland’s Muslim community are reeling following a string of attacks on their places of worship.

The overnight attacks on mosques in Ponsonby, Mt Roskill, Otahuhu and Ranui saw windows smashed and walls graffittied with the message “R-I-P London”.

Javed Khan of the Federation of Islamic Associations says it is clear the vandalism is a result of the terror attacks in Britain.

He says the mosque in Otahuhu was hit on Thursday night as well, soon after the London bombings, but police did not come around until the following afternoon.

Mr Khan says the New Zealand Islamic community has already condemned the British attacks as despicable.

Farhaz Rehmen was at the Ponsonby mosque when the attack happened. He says he was asleep out the back and he did not even hear it.

He says he is extremely upset about the attacks and he does not understand why people want to take their anger out on the New Zealand Muslim community.

Prime Minister Helen Clark was quick to condemn the attacks.

“New Zealanders across all communities are horrified by the terrorist attacks in London which are the work of evil people,” she said.

“But it is wrong to target the Muslim community here in retaliation. New Zealand’s Muslim community like all New Zealand’s communities is overwhelmingly a law-abiding and peaceful community.

“Times like these call for cool heads and for tolerance. The evil acts of some should not lead to scapegoating of minorities in our communities.”

New Zealand Herald, 10 July 2005

See also “Race Commissioner condemns mosque attacks”, New Zealand Herald, 11 July 2005

And “Editorial: Vandalism a showcase for bigotry”, New Zealand Herald, 11 July 2005

Update:  See “Mosque to install security cameras”, New Zealand Herald, 12 July 2005

Ponsonby mosque vandalism

‘A defiant Islam rises among young Britons’

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According to the Christian Science Monitor, “there is little doubt that many British Muslims feel that Britain ‘deserved’ the attacks for supporting the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan”. There is, moreover, the CSM correspondent reports, a serious problem with racism … but it’s racism on the part of Muslims “toward white British people”! And then, of course, there’s the issue of “Muslims’ high birth and immigration rates, which to many Muslims promises increased political and social influence in the future”. Indeed, there are already “attempts by some radical Muslims to begin a process of Islamicizing British cities”.

Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2005

The author is one James Brandon. You begin to wonder whether Nick Griffin has acquired a new pseudonym.

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Iraq, Afghanistan and the London bombings

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“People who insist that the London attacks have nothing to do with Iraq or Afghanistan are living in their own fantasy world. There are reports of threats of retaliation against Muslims because dozens of people were killed by bombs. Is it not possible that there might be similar threats against Britain because Western bombs killed tens of thousands in Iraq and Afghanistan? The website of the organisation claiming to be behind the attacks explicitly stated that the attacks are revenge for Afghanistan and Iraq.

“We are being reminded, as we learnt with Northern Ireland, that what we do in other places may come with a price nearer home. Politicians who are surrounded by mountains of security give us sanctimonious speeches about good and evil whilst the rest of us have to pay the price of their actions. It is high time that we held them to account.”

Bilal Patel, letter in the Times, 11 July 2005

Muslims call for calm after Mosque attacks

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Muslim leaders have called for calm after a series of attacks on mosques in the wake of the London bombings. Iqbal Sacranie, secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, said in a letter to leaders of Muslim communities: “We know that there may be some unscrupulous elements in our society who may look upon Thursday’s carnage as a morbid opportunity to attack and undermine British Muslims, their institutions and mosques.”

There were reports of arson and criminal damage attacks on mosques in east and south London, Bristol, Leeds, Telford and Birkenhead. Police were investigating several other attacks on Asians that may have been linked to the bombings.

Police have increased patrols in Muslim areas of Bristol and were meeting community leaders to reassure them that they were making every effort to protect them from further attacks.

On Friday evening bottles were thrown at the Jamia mosque in the Totterdown district of Bristol. At about the same time a mosque and an Islamic school in Mile End, east London, had their windows smashed.

A similar incident took place on Sunday at the Shajalal mosque in Easton, Bristol, where stones were thrown at its windows in the early hours. No one was hurt in the attacks.

Independent, 11 July 2005

Mosques attacked by arsonists as Asians fear surge of race hate

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Mosques attacked by arsonists as Asians fear surge of race hate

By Robert Verkaik

Independent, 11 July 2005

The terrorist attacks in London have provoked reprisal attacks on Asians. Police are investigating several incidents, including four arson attacks on mosques, that may have been motivated by revenge.

The arson attacks were carried out in mosques in Leeds, Belvedere, Telford and Birkenhead. Three further attacks were reported on mosques in east London and Bristol. In the attack on the east London mosque, 19 windows were smashed, according to the newspaper The Muslim News.

In Hayes, Middlesex, an Asian woman reported attempted arson after she noticed “liquid dripping down her door and smelt petrol” on the day of the terrorist attacks in London. The same day, five white men were arrested after bottles were thrown at the windows of a Sikh temple in south London. In a separate incident, arson was reported at the home of an Asian family in The Broadway, Southall.

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London’s mayor must resign (says rabid Zionist)

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“For years, the loony Left, epitomized by Red Ken, has encouraged radical Islam to take root in Britain, particularly London. While British policy has allowed a wave of Islamists to enter Britain and abuse the system, people like Galloway and Livingstone have encouraged these people to be active in their murderous agenda. They have sanctioned calls to Jihad and have legitimized the very programs that are now being turned against innocent Londoners, resulting in death, injury, suffering and grief.”

MidEastTruth.com, 9 July 2005

UK fatwa to call bombers unbelievers, if proved Muslims

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Britain’s top Muslim scholars are drafting a fatwa stripping those behind the grisly London blasts, if proved Muslims, from the right to call themselves Muslims, a leading British newspaper said Sunday, July 10.

Signed by dozens of prominent Muslim bodies, mosques, Islamic scholars and community groups, the religious edict will brand the attacks as a breach of the most basic tenets of Islam, reported The Independent.

“If these bombers are found to be Muslims, we will make it clear we utterly dissociate ourselves from them – even if they claim to be Muslims or are acting under the mantle of the Islamic faith. We reject that utterly,” said the official spokesman of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB).

Islam Online, 10 July 2005

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Living together takes effort

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Tariq Ramadan“On Wednesday Londoners were united in joy. Now we face the risk that fear will build walls of doubt and misunderstanding between them. All could come to feel that they are potential victims: of Muslim extremists on the one hand; of rejection and racism on the other. The proponents of the ‘clash of civilisations’ theory will have won if we allow ourselves to become suspicious towards people of other faiths and cultures.”

Tariq Ramadan in the Guardian, 10 July 2005