‘Place of peace’: Threats to worshippers at Australian mosque trigger condemnation

Threats against worshippers at a mosque in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland sparked widespread condemnation Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. Local lawmaker Bisma Asif said in a social media post that a man threatened to shoot worshippers at the Bald Hills Mosque with an AK-47 on Sunday. She noted that the same mosque was targeted with a swastika and anti-Muslim graffiti in December. “A place of worship should be a place of peace,” Asif said. “No one – regardless of their faith – should fear for their safety when they gather to pray,” she added, blaming politicians “seeking to use racial division to gain votes, and those too weak to call it out,” for the “rise in racism, Islamophobia and […]