A mosque in Greece’s Western Thrace region has been attacked by vandals
Greece has seen rise in attacks on Muslims, coinciding with rise of far-right Golden Dawn party
A mosque in Greece’s Western Thrace region has been attacked by vandals Sunday.
The Yeni mosque in Komotini, a town of 50,000 people, including many Muslims, was attacked Friday night.
According to the group Islamophobia Watch, Greece has seen a rise in attacks on Muslims in recent years, coinciding with the rise of the far-right Golden Dawn party, which entered parliament in 2012.
In April, a fire at Komotini’s largest mosque damaged the entrance and roof. Local media reported that arson was suspected.
In October last year, attackers placed a severed pig’s head outside an Islamic studies center in Athens and painted anti-Muslim slogans on the building.
