OIC Condemns Deadly Attacks at Muslim Worshippers in London

Police forensics officers prepare to examine the scene near Finsbury Park Mosque in which one man was killed after a vehicle ploughed into pedestrians on Monday-Getty image.

Jeddah, 25 Ramadan 1438/20 June 2017 (MINA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has denounced the attack that killed one person and injured many more when a van ploughed into Muslim prayers as they were leaving a London Mosque on Monday.

The organization stated the incident reflected the rise of Islamophobia in Europe especially after the recent “terrorist” attacks which had raised the concern for a potential backlash against the Muslim communities.

The OIC offered its condolence to families of the victims, to people and government of the United Kingdom and urged authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice, KUNA reported.

A man was killed and ten others were injured when a van mounted the pavement and struck a group of people just after midnight near Finsbury Park Mosque in Seven Sisters Road. A 48-year-old man has been arrested.

From Makkah, SPA reported that Muslim World League (MWL) has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place Monday against a group of worshipers outside the Finsbury Park mosque, north of London, describing the crime as a picture of the brutality of terrorism in its hideous model of hatred.

The organization said, in a statement issued today, that it supports the British Government’s comments on this horrific crime as reflecting the other side of terrorism in the list of forms of extremism, including Islamophobia, where the hatred and evil that seek to divide people will never succeed.

The organization stressed that these models of terrorists represent their deviant behavior in the fabrication of the religious, cultural and civilizational clash. (T/RS5/RS1)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)