Birmingham Mosque Vandalized amid Islamophobia Awareness Month
The Muslim community in Sparkhill has been left shocked as people awoke to news that their local mosque had been vandalized in the early hours of Friday morning.
The appalling incident took place at 6:43 am on November 4 and local people are still reeling from the shocking attack.
As Islamophobia Awareness Month – which aims to tackle and remove Islamophobia – takes place around the country there was a despicable attack on a Birmingham mosque in the Sparkhill area of the city.
The Paigham-E-Islam mosque which is situated in Fulham Road, off the main Stratford Road, was targeted by a man carrying a backpack containing bricks and stones shortly after 6:30am this morning.
CCTV footage from the mosque shows the man calmly walking between parked cars and hurling bricks at the windows of the Muslim place of worship.
The criminal is also seen taking out what appears to be a catapult from his pocket which he loads with a stone before taking aim at the mosque.
A member of staff at the mosque told I Am Birmingham that the shattered glass left the interior of the mosque looking like it had been hit by a “missile in a war zone” with shards of broken glass littered all over the place.
“It’s a miracle no one was injured or killed. This was a serious incident,” added the staff member who wishes to remain anonymous.
All of the windows on the lower ground floor of the mosque which face Fulham Road were left with gaping hopes after being smashed by the brazen hoodlum.
West Midlands Police have reportedly taken a suspect into custody in connection with the disturbing incident.
Source: iambirmingham.co.uk
