2 October 2010 - 20:30

A mosque in the Dutch city of Groningen became the target of an arson attack amid an increasingly anti-Muslim mood in the Netherlands, Dutch media reports quoted police as saying Saturday.

Ahlul Bayt News Agency ; Unknown assailants tried to set fire to the windows of the mosque Monday evening but were not successful.

They also smeared racist slogans on the walls of the mosque.

This is the second time this year that the mosque has been the target of a hate crime.

Dutch Muslim groups have repeatedly voiced concern over the growing anti-Muslim wave in their country in the wake of the latest efforts by Islamophobic politician Geert Wilders who power brokered a right-wing government coalition.

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