{"id":2912,"date":"2012-03-14T12:08:31","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T04:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muzlimbuzz.sg\/?p=2912"},"modified":"2012-03-14T12:08:31","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T04:08:31","slug":"belgium-mosque-arson-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyislam.sg\/muslimbuzz\/belgium-mosque-arson-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Imam Dies in Belgium Mosque Arson Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Belgian mosque leader was killed on 12th March 2012 as he tried to save a worshipper set alight in a brutal petrol bomb attack.<\/p>\n

Father-of-four Abdullah Dadou, 46, died from smoke inhalation after a man burst into a Shiite mosque in the Brussels suburb of Anderlecht at 7pm,\u00a0pulled out a knife and axe, poured petrol over the floor and then set it alight.<\/p>\n

He then shouted Sunni slogans – sparking speculation that the attack was linked to tensions between them and the Shiites.<\/p>\n

Worshippers detained him and locked him in a room before he was arrested.<\/p>\n

But Adbullah failed to escape, and remained trapped in the blaze.<\/p>\n

No other people are being sought in connection with the attack, which also injured one other person.<\/p>\n

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Anxious: People wait in the street after the petrol bomb attack. A witness saw a man setting fire to the mosque in Anderlecht, killing the mosque's imam Sheik Abdullah and injuring another person.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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As investigators sought to determine whether the arson attack was an isolated incident or a deliberate assault on the Shiite community, Belgium’s Interior Minister Joelle Milquet suggested inter-religious strife may be to blame.<\/p>\n

She said: ‘This person went in (the mosque) hurling statements linked to the Syrian conflict. It appears to be a problem between Sunnis and Shiites.<\/p>\n

‘Belgium will not tolerate this type of act and the importing of this type of conflict on its territory.’<\/p>\n

Islam’s Sunni and Shiite movements have fuelled violence in several Muslim countries, from Iraq to Yemen and Pakistan.<\/p>\n

It is not yet clear why the man attacked the mosque, but some local people said he was a “Salafist”.<\/p>\n

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\n: Dailymail.co.uk<\/a>
\n: BBC News <\/a><\/p>\n

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