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Glasgow Central Mosque targeted with 'Scots First' vandalism
Police Scotland treats the vandalism as a hate crime and urges the public to provide information as the mosque vows to continue community support efforts.
- On Monday, October 27, Glasgow Central Mosque, the southside faith centre in the Gorbals, was vandalised with graffiti bearing the slogan 'Scots First' on an exterior wall.
- Police Scotland attended after a report of 'racially aggravated graffiti' on Adelphi Street, Glasgow, saying the incident happened between 5pm on Sunday and 9am on Monday and is treated as a hate crime.
- Posting on social media, the mosque noted `We were deeply upset to find graffiti on the wall of the mosque today` and the act drew widespread condemnation from the local community.
- Officers appealed for information and urged people to call 101, with Chief inspector Paul Daley saying it is "deeply upsetting" and the graffiti is "vile" and intolerable.
- Leaders warned of a 'troubling pattern' of Islamophobic incidents, including a Dundee mosque desecrated three weeks ago and attacks at Masjid Yusuf in Clarkston.
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