- Council of Mosques believes this attack was due showing support for the innocent people of Palestine
- Thames Valley Police said no one was injured in the incident.
Two petrol cans with “Israel Defense Forces (IDF)” written on them were thrown at the Oxford Central Mosque in the UK on Sunday, triggering wide condemnation for the hate crime.
In a joint statement, Oxford East MP Anneliese Dodds and leader of Oxford City Council Susan Brown said they were “shocked and saddened” by the incident.
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“We were shocked and saddened to hear of an Islamophobic incident at the Central Oxford Mosque,” they wrote, Oxford Mail reported.
“We stand with the Muslim community in Oxford in condemning this cowardly attack and urge people to be vigilant,” the statement added.
According to the Council of Mosques statement on Sunday, an individual on a bicycle approached the exterior door of the mosque and threw two red gasoline cans with the letters “IDF” written on them toward the mosque.
“We believe this attack was due to us showing our unwavering support for the innocent people of Palestine by displaying Palestinian flags around our mosque,” it said.
“This attempt to scare us will not work. We will continue to exercise our democratic right and show solidarity with the innocent Palestinians being massacred indiscriminately and illegally,” it added.
Thames Valley Police said no one was injured in the incident at Central Oxford Mosque and that the red petrol can was empty.