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‘More Muslims didn’t die’: Letter to UK mosques celebrates quake deaths

‘More Muslims didn’t die’: Letter to UK mosques celebrates quake deaths

“My stomach is still turning from the content,” says Erkin Guney, chairman of Masjid Ramadan. Ebu Bekir Tezgel of Aziziye Mosque says scale of hate crime within the letter was “on another level.”

Expressing disturbing glee at the suffering and death caused by last Monday's earthquakes, the yet-unknown author wished for more misfortune to befall Muslims in the region.
Expressing disturbing glee on the struggling and loss of life attributable to final Monday’s earthquakes, the yet-unknown writer wished for extra misfortune to befall Muslims within the area.
(AA)

Anonymous letter celebrating deaths of 1000’s of individuals in Türkiye and Syria in final week’s twin earthquakes and wishing extra misfortune to befall Muslims within the area has been despatched to mosques in British capital London.

Turkish mosque Masjid Ramadan and the most important one Aziziye Mosque stated they acquired the hate-filled letter at a time when the entire world has mobilised in rescue and aid operations.

“I wish to make it clear that it is not heartfelt sorrow that I feel that thousands of people died. I’m only sincerely sorry that more Muslims didn’t die,” the letter learn.

Expressing disturbing glee on the struggling and loss of life attributable to final Monday’s earthquakes, the yet-unknown writer wished for extra deaths within the area.

‘Dark, upsetting, disturbing’

Erkin Guney, chairman of Masjid Ramadan, advised Anadolu Agency that the content material of the letter was “very dark, upsetting, very disturbing.”

“Still, I can’t put into words that my stomach is still turning from the content,” he stated, including it was stuffed with darkness and hatred in the direction of Muslims.

“I can only pray that this person that has written this letter may have mercy in his soul and may he be filled with love and (may) someone teach you to be a bit humane, a bit more empathy and understanding of these tragic circumstances that we are experiencing in Türkiye and Syria,” Guney added.

‘Appalling’

Echoing Guney, Ebu Bekir Tezgel, a senior Imam on the Aziziye Mosque in Stoke Newington, additionally confirmed that he acquired a letter that had very “upsetting statements” about Muslims.

“Shocked” to obtain such a letter at a time when individuals around the globe have been united in assist of these affected by the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria,” he said.

“This is unacceptable, disgusting, and a hate crime.” 

They had received similar threats in the past but the scale of this hate crime was “on one other stage,” added Tezgel. 

Hate crime has been on a rising development based on police in England and Wales in recent times, with a complete of 155,841 incidents within the yr ending March 2022, marking a 26 % rise in comparison with the yr ending March 2021.

A complete of 109,843 have been racial hate crimes, whereas 8,730 have been based mostly on faith.

Source: AA

Source: www.trtworld.com

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