MOSQUES ABLAZE: Latest Durban mosque fire causes more alarm after the 2018 attacks By Rebecca Davis and Aisha Adool Karim
In the early hours of Monday, 25 February, a mosque in the Effingham Heights area of Durban was badly damaged by fire after perpetrators apparently poured petrol through windows and set the building alight.
Condemnation from Muslim leaders of the apparent arson attack was swift. A statement from the KwaZulu-Natal Council of Muslim Theologians expressed “shock and anguish” at the news.A masjid [mosque] is a place of worship and is sanctified ground for Muslims,” it read. “Places of worship are respected by all peace-loving individuals and should be places of safety and security.”
Details of this attack are sketchy, with the suspect described as “very volatile” and possibly of foreign nationality. Repeated attempts bySince April 2018, possibly similar incidents have included: 5-19 July 2018: Rudimentary cellphone bombs are found in Woolworths shops around Durban, as well as attached to a car in the vicinity of the Durban July horseracing event. The bomb is of the same type as discovered at the Verulam mosque;
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