Decapitated, bloodstained doll left at Amsterdam mosque

A decapitated doll was left at a mosque in Amsterdam, police said, in an Islamophobic act that has fearful the Muslim community within the Netherlands.

The head was hung by a rope from a fence above the doll’s « bloodstained physique », footage showed, and a present was left warning in opposition to « Islamisation » within the Netherlands.

An employee of Emir Sultan Mosque found the doll as he opened the set of esteem on Thursday morning, and reported it to the police.

Police confiscated the doll and is investigating it for traces [AT5]

The present on the doll, it appears referencing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said: « Islam is inextricably linked with brutal beheadings. Islamisation must stop. No to the Diyanet mega-mosque in Amsterdam-Noord (north), which is connected to dictator Erdogan. »

The Emir Sultan Mosque serves a predominately Turkish community within the north of Amsterdam.

In an announcement to Dutch media, the Emir Sultan Islamic Foundation known as it a « cowardly and disgusting act ».

« Needless to boom we are fearful and condemn this cowardly attack, nonetheless we fabricate no longer let ourselves be intimidated and played in opposition to every other, » the instruct said.

« We are in a position to proceed to profile ourselves as portion of society and proceed to work for the preservation of peace and team spirit in Amsterdam-Noord. We query everyone to withhold their wintry and stop up for the police investigation, » it added.

Kamber Sener, president of the mosque, wrote on Fb, asking the community « no longer to fear about this incident ».

« I’m hoping they’ll search out the perpetrators as rapidly as they may be able to, » he wrote, asking for the city to unite in opposition to such acts.

The act was claimed by capability of Twitter by an even-flit community calling itself Rechts in Verzet, or Honest in Opposition.

The community tweeted images of the doll and the present to several Dutch recordsdata organisations, together with within the tweet: « Beheading! No mega mosque in Amsterdam-Noord. Remark. »

Onthoofding!
Geen megamoskee Amsterdam-Noord.
Ingezonden protestactie @AT5 @ADnl @telegraaf @volkskrant @WNLVandaag @HartvNL @nrc @NHNieuws #moskee#turken#Marokkanen pic.twitter.com/2VaEEganIO

— RIV (@rechtsinverzet) January 18, 2018

The person running the Twitter story was also below investigation, Amsterdam’s local TV channel AT5 reported.

The exclaim community had beforehand criticised the advent of a mega-mosque in Amsterdam-Noord.