– We have gone to the acquisition of the security guards in the mosque after feedback from users that we should strengthen surveillance. The fact that we have guards at the mosque gives us an extra sense of security, says chairman at the Islamic Cultural Centre, Najam Farhan.
The mosque has not received any direct threats, but want to prevent.
– Visible guards provide security
– In Sweden, one hears that mosques being attacked and vandalism. User safety is important to us, and then it is better that we have visible guards in uniform than voluntary guards from the mosque. It gives a feeling that some suits, says Farhan.
The extra guard happens after Terror Attacks against magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Meanwhile fears Mosque users’ security after several mosques have been attacked and tried set on fire in France and Sweden the last time.
According to the chairman, the police have also advised them to look at the security situation at the mosque . Police say they have a good dialogue with mosques and provides Security Council.
– We have a heightened alertness, while mosques have an independent responsibility. It lies in the situation that this is a sensible approach to the events of recent months, says Unni Waterhouse, press officer in the Oslo police.
More attacks on mosques in France
The terrorist attacks in Paris led to increased anxiety and unrest around French mosques. In recent months, several mosques have been attacked, confirming the French authorities.
In Le Mans was a mosque attacked with grenades Thursday.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve promise that all mosque attacks in France shall be investigated. Photo: THIERRY CHESNOT / AFP
France’s Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve is clear that attacks or harassment based on religion is not allowed.
– We tolerating nothing, no threats to places for prayer. Everything will be prosecuted, he said according Itel after several new attacks Thursday.
13 attacks in Sweden last year
Both in Sweden and France have recently be more attacks on mosques. Swedish security police say there were 13 attacks on mosques in Sweden last year. At Christmas, a firebrand thrown into a mosque in Eskilstuna, and shortly after became mosques in Eslöv in Skåne and at Uppsala tried ignited.
latest Friday night was a mosque in Gothenburg evacuated after it was called in a bomb threat.
The many attacks have led to the Swedish police intensified surveillance around all mosques in Sweden.
Police in Eskilstuna started arson investigation, but according to the latest developments in the case, the police have not yet ruled out that it may involve an accident.
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