Austria: Pilgrimage church walls smeared with anti-Islam slogans

Austria: Pilgrimage church walls smeared with anti-Islam slogans



Via Austrian Times:

Police are investigating after the walls of Austria’s most important pilgrimage site were defaced with anti-Islamic statements.

Police in Mariazell, Styria, said today (Mon) the graffiti on the outside wall of the Mariazell Basilica was 30 metres long and one metre high. The slogans read "Der Koran ist dem Teufel seine Bibel" (Koran is the bible of the devil) and "Am Horizont taucht der Teufel auf" (The devil appears on the horizon").

They said the attack must have occurred between Saturday night and Sunday morning, adding that the provincial department for the protection of the constitution and the fight against terrorism was heading the investigation.

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