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Outrageous attack to the masjid in Dedeağaç (Alexandroupolis)!

14.04.2014
ABTTF President Halit Habip Oğlu: As a response to this outrageous attack, which is anticipated as a provocation in the eve of European elections, we call on the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace to calm down and act with common sense

A pig’s head cut into pieces and left in blood was found in front of entry door of the masjid built approximately year ago in Avandos in the city of Dedeağaç (Alexandroupolis) of Greece. The masjid has been offering Qur’an lectures to the Minority as well. The community members who arrived to masjid on Sunday, the 13 April, for morning prayer found the persecuted pig’s head in front of the door and reported the attack to police. The police forces in charge of the incident started investigation.

A similar attack was made in February 2012 in Halil Bey Mosque in Kavala, which is also known as Alaca Mosque. The perpetuator(s), whose could not be identified, had cut a pig in the entrance of the mosque and nailed its head to the entrance door.

They left a pig’s head in front of the masjid’s door

In relation to the incident, Chairman of the Board of Trustees Selim Hasanoğlu stated: “We all were shocked when we saw this attack. This is an unacceptable insult for us. Here we do our prayer five times a day and offer Qur’an courses to our children. We do not accept this unbearable insult and we condemn it.”

In relation to attack to masjid in Dedeağaç (Alexandroupolis), Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe (ABTTF) President Halit Habip Oğlu said: “We condemn the attack in Dedeağaç (Alexandroupolis) and we call on the Turkish Minority of Western Thrace to calm down and act with common-sense as a response to this unacceptable attack, which is anticipated as a provocation in the eve of European elections. We ask for police to carry out the investigation with diligence and responsibility in the cases of hate motivated attacks as such and call for perpetuators of the incident to be sent to the judicial authorities following the investigation.”