Vandals used pigs’ heads impaled on stakes, animal blood and offal to desecrate a controversial Muslim prayer hall in Sydney, but its developer has vowed to finish the project.
Builders developing the hall at Annangrove in Sydney’s north-west found the bloody mess when they arrived for work at 7am (AEST).
Developer Abbas Aly said pigs’ blood had been smeared on walls and offal and other pig body parts were strewn across the floor of the hall, which is due to open in October.
Pigs’ heads on stakes had been left outside the hall on Annangrove Road.
Pork and its related products are forbidden for Muslims under religious law.
Mr Aly said the attack had surprised the 40 Muslim families, mostly from the Indian sub-continent, who planned to use the hall.
“Everyone’s mostly upset, it’s a very un-Australian thing to happen,” he said.
“But this won’t put us off.”
The small Muslim community fought last year to get approval to build the hall where an old house used to stand.
Mr Aly praised police for their help after the attack, saying officers helped builders clean up the mess.
“They don’t want me to go inside because they don’t want me to see it,” he said.
Police said they had taken a number of items for forensic analysis and were talking to neighbours to see if anything was seen or heard in the area.
Hills Local Area Commander Superintendent Jim Hook said police would work with religious leaders to identify the vandals.
Pigs placed in mosque
Wow even in 2004 we have hate crimes like this in so called civilised countries like australia. What is wrong with people does desecrating a mosque make them feel any better, its pathetic!