Southport A year after the deadly knife attack Last yearIt has been revealed by the chairman of the mosque.
President of Imam Ibrahim Hussain, Southport mosqueWhere was the members had Six incidents reported Since last July, the police – a sharp growth from the three. He said that he had reported in 30 years as he had opened in the city.
Mosque found itself at the center in the seaside city Nationwide riots In last July last, the following was sparked by misinformation One attack In Southport, a Taylor Swift-Theme dance class in which three young girls died.
Alice da Silva Agus, nine, Babe King, Six, and Elsey dot Stancomb, Seven, and injured eight more girls and two adults when a knife brought a storm in the classroom before being detained by the police.
Mr. Hussain said that the memory of the attack was “all the time in his head” and remember that the community was somehow expecting to support families.
“It does not leave me for any one night. Of course, when there was a terrible attack, we were destroyed … we were hoping that we could support the family in any way in any way.
“But we report very quickly that we will be targeted.”
The mosque found itself at the center of Islamophobic riots in the evening after the attack, after false reports that the criminal was a Muslim refuge.
“In the evening, it was charged in a large crowd very quickly. We were trapped before 8 am to 1 am,” he said.
But the next day, the local community came to “draw” to rebuild and support the broken wall of the mosque.
He said: “The response of the local community was more than the great. We always knew that we were in good words with our neighbors, nothing has happened between us and that morning they all came out in a draw to support us and the Muslim community.”
However, a year later, Mr. Hussain said that the small Muslim community of Southport continues to panic among the growing Islamophobia.
He said: “In the last 30 years, since the mosque has been here, there were about three reported incidents – one on an average every ten years.
“But in the last year, there have been six or seven incidents that we have to report. Islamophobia is actually passing through the roof – even if people now know that we have nothing to do with anything.”
The incidents that target Muslims in the region include scratches of cars along with the items being thrown in the mosque.
In June, it was reported that the previous window of a mosque was damaged by an object, which was suspected that it was thrown by a pull.
“People are apprehensive and felt worried. Something is going on, but we can’t put our finger on it. So I have to warns people to be vigilant and careful.”
He said how it coincided with events across the country in recent weeks, which targeted asylum seekers and other mosques.
Last month, a 34 -year -old man appeared in court on an attack on the Islamic Center at Belfast. Police had earlier said that during the evening prayer on Friday, a viable tool was thrown through a window of the center.
Last year, Charity Mama, who monitored a charity monitoring Islamophobic incidents, said that a survey had found that most of the Muslims felt that hatred against them had increased. Widespread since summer riots,
The organization analyzed the opinion of 750 Muslims in Britain, eight weeks after disorder in England and some parts of Northern Ireland.
Tell the maternal uncle said that under just three-fourths (71 percent), anti-Muslim hatred felt and Islamophobia became more widespread since unrest. About two-thirds (62 percent) said that the possible risk of damage to Muslim communities had increased significantly or increased to some extent.