Birmingham Police have acted swiftly to remove two related cases of racist graffiti found on the walls of the city Mosque in Selly Oak and those of the Russell Group University. A swastika, accompanied by the phrase “Islam must die”, were scrawled in tall black letters on the campus psychology building. Officials were careful not to reveal what was plastered on the Jahalabad Mosque, located on Dartmouth Road.
A spokeswoman for the University of Birmingham said: “The graffiti was removed as soon as it was discovered” and confirmed that the establishment was working diligently with the West Midlands Police force to bring the culprits to light.
Sergeant Pete Sandhu, based in Edgbaston, said in a statement to 'The Birmingham Mail': “Mindless hate of this kind has no place in 21st century Birmingham and work is underway to find the person responsible” and also that “Evidential photographs have been taken and CCTV which may have captured the vandal is currently being reviewed.” On the Neo-Nazi sentiment clearly evident in the crime, Hannah Myerson, a third year Jewish student told the university newspaper 'The Tab': “As a Jewish student, I find it deeply disturbing that the rising antisemitism in Europe has reached our campus (…) this incident makes students of all minority groups feel alienated on the basis of their religious beliefs or background, and must be condemned.”
Anyone with useful information is being urged to call the police on 101. TELL MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) have said this incident must be taken seriously where they believe these perpetrators have the intent "to kill".
