An Islamic center in north London was destroyed in a suspicious fire on Wednesday, June 5, to the shock of the Muslim community in Britain. “We’re gutted and shattered, it’s heartbreaking,” Ahmed Ali, who works at the Al-Rahma Islamic Centre in Muswell Hill, told London Evening Standard. “We are in total shock that this has happened in our community but it will not stop us. “All our neighbors have shown solidarity today and have been inviting us in for coffee and asking how they can help us rebuild.” A blaze totally destroyed the two-storey Islamic center on Wednesday. A graffiti reading “EDL” was painted on the wall of the burned center, in reference to the far-right English Defence League. Scotland Yard said it was treating the fire at the Somali community center as suspicious. “We are all shocked by what has happened,” Ali Abu, 30, of the Somali charity BritSom, told The Daily Mail. “We condemn this attack. The situation is very serious at the moment. We are appalled and deeply saddened by this attack against a peaceful community.”
Posted on: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 22:55:03 +0000
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