ISIS Graffiti on Catholic Church in Sweden
The Catholic church in Västerås was vandalized in several places with graffiti with the Arabic letter “N,” which stands for Nazarene or Nasrani, the Arabic word for "Christian". In ISIS-controlled areas, this tag has been used in combination with attacks on Christian’s homes and properties. Its use has been used as a signal: convert, pay a tax or be killed. Members of the parish are both frightened and upset about this attack. Cardinal Anders Arborelius has stated that he believes this is the first time a Catholic church has been tagged with ISIS graffiti in Sweden.
According to Mohammad Fazlhashemi, professor of Islamic theology, such graffiti "must be taken seriously" as the tags may have been written by violent extremists or those inspired by them.
The church reported the incident to the police, but the police closed their investigation the same day due to the lack of surveillance evidence. The graffiti was reported two days after an ISIS-inspired attack on concert attendees in Manchester, England.
Source: SVT