Turkey: Man Shouting ‘Allah Akbar’ Firebombs Church

On June 9, a Muslim man attacked a church in the Kadıköy district of İstanbul with a Molotov cocktail, setting the building's door on fire.

In a video of the attack, the man is seen shouting “Allahu Akbar” [Allah is greater] and “Revenge will be taken for Al-Aqsa Mosque” as he throws a bomb at the Aya Triada Orthodox Church. The door of the Christian worship building caught fire, thought the blaze was extinguished shortly after the attack. The man was detained by police.