Hate-speech on Christmas Eve

At the Christmas night on the 24th of December, an interesting message was written on one of the electronic billboards of a mosque in Kadikoy Port, Istanbul. The billboard of the mosque did not give a positive or embracing message. It targeted the Christians and Jews by giving a reference to the Qoran, Muslim’s holy book. The text barrowed from the Qoran says that “O you who have believed, do not take the Jews and the Christians as allies. They are in fact allies of one another.”

No clear explanation has been received from the Mosque or the Administration of Religious Affairs about the purpose of this text, yet.

You Will Be Burnt in Hell!

On the day of anniversary service, held to celebrate the first anniversary of opening St George Church after 89 years, the Russian speaking church-goers were shocked to see a note painted on the church wall. A note saying that “You Will Be Burnt in Hell” was painted on a wall in St George Church in Alania, Antalya.

Anjelika Anzhela, the President of Russian Speakers Cooperation and Solidarity Society, said that the note disappointed the church-goers and it was not something that they expected to see. Anzhela reports that there is no security mechanism at the church, so anyone can come in and write or carve on the walls. She wanted the Church to be kept closed when there is no service inside.

Moreover, Anzhela says that the note was both a contempt of Christianity, and history because the building dates back to the 19th century.