# ‘Someone is trying to disturb us’: In the wake of Wybourn’s mosque attacks

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/someone-is-trying-to-disturb-us-in-the-wake-of-wybourns-mosque-attacks/
- Published: 2026-11-12T10:46:14+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T11:25:34+00:00
- Original publisher: Sheffield Tribune
- Original article: https://www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/wybourn-islamic-centre-mosque-attack-hope-not-hate/
- Topics: Sheffield

## Key points

- Two Qur’ans were desecrated at a Sheffield mosque.
- A threatening message was found in the second book.
- A worshipper believes the incidents were intended to intimidate.

## Summary

A Qur’an was found with bacon stuffed between its pages at Wybourn Islamic Centre in Sheffield in September. About six weeks later, another Qur’an was left at the mosque with a message threatening adult Muslims, prompting concern that the incidents were deliberate attempts to intimidate worshippers.

Sakhawat Ali, a 68-year-old locksmith who discovered both books while attending early morning prayers, initially thought the first incident might have been a bizarre act by someone who did not understand its impact. He now believes someone is trying to disturb the community; mosque members advised him to preserve the bacon as possible evidence, and police released CCTV images of a suspect or suspects.

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