Threatening letters to mosques in Germany worry Muslim community
BERLIN, Germany – Threatening letters to mosques from right-wing groups in Germany have worried the Muslim community in the European country.
The latest incident concerns the Eyup Sultan mosque in Bramsche, Lower Saxony, which received a threatening letter on Friday.
The letter threatened the Muslim community that it would suffer the same fate as the Jews.
The letter also contained insults directed against Islam.
Ahmet Irmak, chairman of the mosque, which is affiliated with the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB), said another mosque in the region had received a similar letter a week earlier.
Both letters were labeled NSU 2.0, referring to a neo-Nazi group responsible for a series of murders.
Irmak said a letter with the same content had also been sent to them by mail about a year ago.
He expressed concern about such threats and called on authorities to pay attention to these incidents.
He said they had filed a criminal complaint with the police.
Last year, at least 35 mosques were attacked in Germany, with most of these attacks motivated by Islamophobia and right-wing extremism, according to the DTIB.
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