Mosque Security

22/01/2026

A mosque in Edinburgh has been daubed with ‘hate graffiti’, the latest in a series of incidents at Muslim religious centres across Scotland.

Following this horrific act of anti-muslim hatred at the central mosque in Edinburgh, Mosque Security have been engaged and working with the Muslim community and partners across Scotland and UK.

The mosque, which can hold as many as 1,250 worshippers, is located near Edinburgh University in the Potterrow area of Scotland’s capital.

05/11/2025

🕌 Mosque Security & Hate Crime Reporting – Nottingham

📢 We’re inviting Mosque Leaders, Volunteers, Security Personnel, and Worshippers to join this vital community session focused on Mosque Security: Preparation & Planning and Hate Crime Reporting.

This practical workshop will support mosques in developing clear safety procedures and awareness to keep their congregations protected during Fajr to Isha, Jumma, Tarawih, Madrassah, and other key mosque activities.

📍 Venue: Masjid As-Shifa, Bobbersmill Community Centre, 512–514 Berridge Road West, Bobbersmill, Nottingham NG7 5JU
📅 Date: Saturday, 8th November 2025
🕔 Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

The session will guide participants through planning, prevention, and response strategies — ensuring that every mosque can build resilience and confidence in addressing security risks and hate crime incidents effectively.

✅ Keep Your Community & Mosque Safe
🔗 Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mosque-security-and-hate-crime-reporting-nottingham-tickets-1962717194965?aff=oddtdtcreator

🤝 Delivery Partners:
Nottingham Council of Mosques | Humankind | British Muslim Trust | Mosque Security

05/11/2025

🕌 Mosque Security & Hate Crime Reporting – Peterborough

📢 We’re inviting Mosque Leaders, Volunteers, Security Personnel, and Worshippers to join this important community session focused on Mosque Security: Preparation & Planning and Hate Crime Reporting.

This training will help your mosque develop the right safety measures and awareness to keep the community secure during Fajr to Isha, Jumma, Tarawih, Madrassah, and all major mosque activities.

📍 Venue: Faizan E Madina Mosque, 169–175 Gladstone Street, Peterborough PE1 2BN
📅 Date: Saturday, 8th November 2025
🕐 Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Together, we’ll explore best practices on how to plan, prepare, and protect your mosque from potential threats, while understanding how to report and respond to hate crimes effectively.

✅ Keep Your Community & Mosque Safe
🔗 Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1962708207082?aff=oddtdtcreator

🤝 Delivery Partners:
Joint Mosques Council Peterborough | Jamia Masjid Faizan-e-Madina | British Muslim Trust | Mosque Security

06/10/2025

Fire at Peacehaven mosque treated as arson and hate crime as images of suspects released

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06/10/2025

Following the horrific Anti-Muslim arson attack on the Peacehaven Mosque, which is being treated as a hate crime, Mosque Security has been engaging Mosque leaders/networks to protect Mosques and Islamic Centres from further attacks.

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20/08/2025

Meat, believed to be pork, and an Israeli flag left at the entrance of a mosque is being treated as a potential hate crime, police have said.

The items are left at the entrance of the Central Oxford Mosque in the early hours.

11/08/2025

Hitler-inspired boy planned terror attack at mosque, and pretended to convert to Islam to gain access.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, previously pleaded guilty under the terrorism act at the High Court in Glasgow.

17/07/2025

Sickening moment racist releases RATS into a mosque - but he avoids jail despite doing it four times. The individual also shouted racist slurs against worshippers.

The CCTV footage shows Edmund Fowler letting a rat out of a cage onto the ground of the Grand Mosque in Sheffield on June 2.

25/06/2025

Police have arrested a 66-year-old man after CCTV footage apparently showed rats being released outside a mosque in Sheffield.

Police say an investigation into the incident ongoing after three rats were let out of a car boot.

23/06/2025

A viable device was thrown through the window of the Belfast Islamic Centre during an attack on Friday. The Mosque said the attack has caused alarm among the Muslim community, but praised the fast response of the security team at the Mosque and the local responders.

A man is arrested under the Terrorism Act but police say a motive has not yet been established.

19/05/2025

Neo-Nazi extremists found guilty of planning terror attack on Mosques.

Counter-terrorism police found an arsenal of over 200 weapons that included crossbows, swords, machetes, axes, a baseball bat and numerous hunting knives.

Counter-terrorism police found an arsenal of over 200 weapons that included crossbows, swords, machetes, axes, a baseball bat and numerous hunting knives, following raids on properties in Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire.

28/04/2025

We condemn the Islamophobic attack at La Grand-Combe Mosque. This heinous act highlights the urgent need to address hate crimes and strengthen security measures across all POW. Our thoughts are with the family and the Muslim community in France.

Man held in Italy over killing of worshipper in French mosque amid growing concerns over Islamophobia