Muslim Graves Desecrated in Bern

February 26, 2005

Source: IslamOnline.net

http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2005-02/26/article02.shtml

On February 26, 2005 IslamOnline.net reported, "The Federation of Islamic Organizations (FIO) in the Swiss capital Bern condemned on Saturday, February 26, the desecration of Muslim graves in the city’s cemetery, asking the authorities to take concrete steps to protect Muslims.

'We are pretty sure that Swiss authorities will do their best to arrest those responsible and bring them to justice,' FIO’s chairman Ibrahim Salah told IslamOnline.net.

Salah regretted the 'unprecedented' aggression, accusing 'irresponsible' people of trying to copycat racist attacks against Muslims in other European cities.

He was referring to a string of attacks against Muslim figures and sites across Europe in the wake of the November killing of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, following his insulting documentary about Islam.

On Tuesday, February 22, unknown people removed 16 Muslim gravestones in Bern and tried in vain to dig out one of the bodies."