{"id":4712,"date":"2017-09-05T06:51:30","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T06:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4712-islamophobic-attack-targets-mosque-in-netherlands\/"},"modified":"2017-09-05T06:51:30","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T06:51:30","slug":"islamophobic-attack-targets-mosque-in-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/4712-islamophobic-attack-targets-mosque-in-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamophobic Attack Targets Mosque in Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An under-construction mosque in southeastern Netherlands was targeted by a group of far-right extremists, the head of the mosque said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>An under-construction mosque in southeastern Netherlands was targeted by a group of far-right extremists, the head of the mosque said on Saturday.<\/h4>\n<h4>The far-right \u2018Identitair Verzet\u2019 movement hanged anti-Islam banners at the roof of Tevhid mosque, which is under construction in Venlo city.<\/h4>\n<h4>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.<\/h4>\n<h4>&#8220;We\u2019ve held talks with mayor and some other officials. They are supporting us,&#8221; he said, adding: &#8220;We will take necessary measures not to experience such incidents again.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<h4>The group, which claimed the responsibility for the incident, draped banners reading &#8220;Stay away. The Netherlands belongs to us. We don&#8217;t want mosque and Muslims in our neighborhood&#8221; both in Turkish and Dutch. They also shared the photos of banners on social media, and claimed they &#8220;occupied\u201d the mosque.<\/h4>\n<h4>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.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An under-construction mosque in southeastern Netherlands was targeted by a group of far-right extremists, the head of the mosque said on Saturday. \u00a0 An under-construction mosque in southeastern Netherlands was targeted by a group of far-right extremists, the head of the mosque said on Saturday. 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