Pig’s head thrown on UK mosque in hate crime incident
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A pig’s head was put on the top of a mosque in the UK, leaving the Muslim population there living in fear, according to Metro.
Members of Manchester’s Heatons Muslims Community Trust said that at 9 p.m. on December 9 the animal’s head was found in a visible area of the structure.
The police received a report of the occurrence, and they classified it as an act of Islamophobic hatred.
The building’s CCTV footage from that evening, according to HMCT trustee Mohammed Tayyab Mohiuddin, showed a car pulling up with two people inside.
When they got out of the car, one of them had a bag of trash in his or her arms.
Mohiuddin stated that the licence plate number of the car had been noted.
There was a little gathering that took place in the community centre in the evening, and as people were leaving, someone yelled, “There’s a pig’s head on the roof.
It was simple to notice because the roof was so short. They chose that location, in my opinion, to frighten people. Everyone is aware that it was put there and knows who did it and why.
“Someone has done it deliberately for that reason because according to our religion, we are not permitted to handle or consume pig’s meat in any way.
“A lot of elderly people and kids visit the centre, and it’s evident that they’re a little afraid that someone is targeting us and worry that someone might go farther or make a mistake in the future.”
In a statement, the HMCT stated: “In what appears to be a hate crime, a pig’s head was placed on the roof. Sadly, this action is not an isolated incident.
According to survey results made public earlier this year by Muslim Census and Muslim Engagement and Development, nearly half (42 percent) of mosques or other Islamic institutions polled have been the target of attacks with a religious motivation.
The stabbing of a muezzin in 2020 was one of the physical abuse incidents that 17 percent of mosques—out of the 42 percent—reported having experienced.
The HMCT requests that local citizens and worshippers exercise caution and report any acts of hatred to the authorities.
Reference: Arab News Daily Mail Sky News
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