The imam of the Muhammediye Mosque, Hamza Aydın, said the latest attack took place in the morning despite security measures adopted by the police following the first attack.
“The muezzin said they had vandalized a number of things such as books, Qurans, his own room. But they did not take or burn anything,” said Aydın, adding that witnesses told him the assailants threatened them and demanded that prayers not be held at the mosque.
Aydın also urged restraint following the incidents, saying they were “not a Shiite and Sunni problem” but rather “something different.”
The latest incident occurred as an investigation continues into a fire that erupted at the mosque on July 8, with initial inspections indicating an arson attack.
Aydın told the press following the first attack that they had received many threats over the last week, with people accusing them of “worshipping stones.”
July/09/2014