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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-04T15:36:42.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nA Birmingham mosque and community centre has been vandalised with racist graffiti twice within 48 hours, leaving worshippers fearful for their safety.\n\nThe Jami Community and Education Centre on Kettle Road in Kingstanding was first targeted in the early hours of Wednesday, with the slur \"terrorists\" painted on its walls - while a second incident followed on Friday.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nVolunteer Khalid Hussein told the BBC that windows at the premises had also been smashed approximately two weeks earlier.\n\nWest Midlands Police have increased patrols in the surrounding area and confirmed they are treating the vandalism as racially and religiously aggravated criminal damage due to the nature of the graffiti.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nOfficers have also launched an appeal for information from the public.\n\nMr Hussein described the repeated attacks as deliberate efforts to intimidate those who worship at the centre, and disturb the tranquillity of the local neighbourhood.\n\n\"Our mosque has been under attack - they are not isolated incidents,\" he said.\n\nHowever, he insisted that those responsible had not achieved their goal of dividing the community.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"Clearly, while these individuals have tried to tear us apart, they have only succeeded in stitching us closer together,\" Mr Hussein added.\n\nThe volunteer emphasised that the centre wanted authorities to treat the situation with appropriate seriousness and ensure that community members felt both protected and listened to.\n\nRather than creating division among worshippers, Mr Hussein said the vandalism had strengthened bonds within the congregation, with the perpetrators failing to cause \"a rift\" as intended.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Met Police makes new arrest in connection to Golders Green arson attack\n  * Britain's working men's clubs fighting for survival: 'Labour's destroying its own history!'\n  * Pastor arrested while preaching returns to street for first time in 4 months\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAn emergency community meeting was convened on Wednesday, bringing together council officials, police representatives and local residents to address the escalating situation.\n\nPaulette Hamilton MP, who attended the gathering, spoke of the profound impact on those who use the centre.\n\n\"The community is living in fear. They feel they are not safe in the local area,\" she said, \"they feel the building is no longer safe to come to\".\n\nFellow MP Ayoub Khan shared similar concerns, noting that anxiety had spread among residents.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"Clearly an attack of a premises of any institution of one faith group is going to have an affect on all members of our community,\" he said.\n\nThe meeting highlighted growing unease about safety in the Kingstanding area at large.\n\nWest Midlands Police stated they take all forms of hate crime seriously, with officers reviewing CCTV footage from the vicinity and conducting door-to-door enquiries.\n\nChief Inspector Vicki Stott said: \"Any type of racist or harmful graffiti will not be tolerated and we are committed to identifying and detaining whoever is responsible\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSuperintendent Haroon Chughtai condemned the vandalism, calling any attempt to spread hatred in Birmingham \"deplorable\".\n\n\"We simply don't tolerate any form of racist or hateful graffiti, and we are working at pace to find whoever was responsible,\" he said.\n\nPolice urged anyone with relevant footage, including CCTV, dashcam or doorbell video recordings, to come forward.\n\nNeighbourhood officers remain in regular contact with mosque leaders and worshippers to provide reassurance as the investigation continues.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Mosque sprayed with racist graffiti for second time in just TWO days"
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