{"id":9426,"date":"2010-12-10T21:03:43","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T18:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=9426"},"modified":"2010-12-10T21:12:27","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T18:12:27","slug":"berlin-islamic-cultural-center-hit-by-firebomb-10122010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/berlin-islamic-cultural-center-hit-by-firebomb-10122010\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin Islamic Cultural center hit by firebomb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9435\" title=\"molotof-kokteyli\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/molotof-kokteyli-280x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/molotof-kokteyli-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/molotof-kokteyli.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/>An Islamic center was firebombed Thursday in Berlin \u2014 one of more than half a dozen arson attacks on <\/strong><strong>firebombe<\/strong><strong>s in the city this year \u2014 prompting a Muslim official to demand police protection for all mosques in Germany.<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nAn unidentified person threw a Molotov cocktail at the cultural center of the Iranian community in Berlin&#8217;s Tempelhof neighborhood early Thursday , police spokesman Thomas Neuendorf said.<\/p>\n<p>The general secretary of the Central Council of Muslims, one of the country&#8217;s leading Muslim organizations, condemned the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We demand police protection for all Muslim prayer houses in Germany and expect our politicians to react accordingly,&#8221; Nurhan Soykan said.<\/p>\n<p>Neuendorf said the missile set the facade of the building alight, but the fire was out before authorities arrived. Nobody was injured, but state criminal police were investigating and a special unit has been set up to investigate the incident, as well as past attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The Sehitlik Mosque, Berlin&#8217;s largest, has been attacked four times this year, and the al-Nur mosque in the city&#8217;s Neukoelln neighborhood once. Neither attack caused injury or serious damage.<\/p>\n<p>Berlin police said in a statement later Thursday that the latest attack could be part of a series of more than ten attacks on Muslim institutions in the city. They said an unidentified person left evidence suggesting it was part of a series, but didn&#8217;t give more details.<\/p>\n<p>Police also called on Muslim communities to come forward and report any arson attacks that hadn&#8217;t previously been reported.<\/p>\n<p>A lawmaker with the opposition Green Party also condemned the arson attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Volker Beck called the incidents the result of a &#8220;campaign&#8221; in recent months that &#8220;excludes Islam and equates immigrants with people who resist integration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! Check your syntax! 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