{"id":1225080,"date":"2022-01-19T16:10:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T21:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1225080"},"modified":"2022-01-19T16:11:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T21:11:01","slug":"german-turkish-linked-mosque-heavily-damaged-after-possible-arson-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-turkish-linked-mosque-heavily-damaged-after-possible-arson-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"German Turkish-Linked Mosque Heavily Damaged After Possible Arson Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgerman-turkish-linked-mosque-heavily-damaged-after-possible-arson-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1225080&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1313858317-e1642456413227-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A Turkish-linked mosque in the German city of Chemnitz was heavily damaged following a major fire, which some are claiming may have been a targetted arson attack.<\/p>\n<p>The fire took place on Sunday night and was first noticed by a motorist who called the local emergency services who were eventually able to put out the fire which had spread from two waste containers to the building\u2019s interior.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to the&nbsp;Turkish-Islamic Cultural Association (DITIB) who run the mosque, the damage could cost as much as \u20ac600,000 and the mosque\u2019s director Enis Sezgi stated that he believed the incident was a deliberate attack, TAG24 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tag24.de\/chemnitz\/crime\/nach-feuer-vor-moschee-in-chemnitz-wir-gehen-von-einem-gezielten-angriff-aus-2290858\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe assume a targeted attack. For months we have been finding insults in the mailbox again and again. The containers are not visible from the street, the arsonists must have deliberately run into the yard,\u201d Sezgi said and added, \u201cThe fire is also making waves in Turkey. Turkish media want to report from Chemnitz, a consul will visit the mosque.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Alt-Left Antifa Admit to Turkish Mosque Firebombing  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bkd6M1QcMZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/bkd6M1QcMZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/984883931874029568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Several Turkish news outlets have also reported on the story, such as the pro-Turkish government newspaper<em> Daily Sabah<\/em>, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysabah.com\/politics\/eu-affairs\/arson-suspected-at-turkish-mosque-in-germanys-saxony\">stated<\/a>&nbsp;Turkish Consul-General Olgun Y\u00fccek\u00f6k was in contact with police regarding the investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper later went on to highlight Islamophobia as a possible motive for an attack, stating DITIB mosques have been targeted and attacked in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Police, meanwhile, have stated that they are currently investigating whether or not the fire was deliberately set or whether it was the result of possible negligence.<\/p>\n<p>While a political or religious motive is possible in the case, both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/german-far-right-arrests-reveal-shocking-mosque-attack-plot\/\">far-right<\/a> and far-left extremists have attacked mosques in Germany in recent years of planned to attack them.<\/p>\n<p>Last month in Leipzig, a mosque <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/12\/14\/police-investigate-after-german-mosque-damaged-near-left-wing-protest\/\">was damaged<\/a> near a far-left protest although police stated that it was unclear if the mosque, which is also run by DITIB, was targeted deliberately.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, a Turkish Islamic Cultural Centre in Kassel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2018\/04\/13\/alt-left-antifa-admit-turkish-mosque-firebombing\/\">was firebombed<\/a> and the far-left extremist Antifa-linked website Indymedia saw a group calling itself \u201cAntifa International\u201d take credit for the attack.<\/p>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Turkish-linked mosque in the German city of Chemnitz was heavily damaged following a major fire, which some are claiming may have been a targetted arson attack. 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