Turkey\u2019s Foreign Ministry is calling on German authorities to bring suspected Neo-Nazis to justice for vandalizing a mosque in Gladbeck city.
\n\u201cWe await for the authorities of the city of Gladbeck to locate the perpetrators of the attack and conduct the necessary legal actions. Worse future incidents will be prevented by bringing the perpetrators to justice,\u201d the ministry said Monday in a statement on its website.
\nIt was followed by a statement from the Turkish Consul General of the city of Munster expressing concern over the recent rise in attacks on Turkish mosques by \u201cracist and Islamophobic groups\u201d.
\nA mosque in the northwestern city of Gladbeck was vandalized overnight, according to mosque officials.
\nThe attackers wrote racist slogans and drew swastikas on the windows and walls of the mosque, which is run by the Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs (DITIB).
\nThe DITIB, a moderate Muslim organization founded by Turkish migrants in Germany, runs more than 900 mosques across the country.
\nGermany, a country of over 81 million people, has the second-largest Muslim population in Western Europe after France. Among the country\u2019s nearly 4.7 million Muslims, 3 million are of Turkish origin.
\nIn recent years, the country has seen growing Islamophobia and hatred of migrants triggered by propaganda from far-right and populist parties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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