The trial against members of the Spanish neo-Nazi group Hogar Social Madrid for attacking Spain’s largest mosque kicked off on Tuesday. Prosecutors are demanding three years in jail for inciting hatred against Muslims for the group’s leader, Melisa Domínguez Ruiz. At the same time, a Spanish immigration association is pushing for a four-year prison sentence for the leader and prison sentences for 11 other group members. The attack on the Madrid mosque occurred in October 2016, the same day Daesh killed 32 people in a terrorist attack in Brussels. In response, members of the Madrid-based neo-Nazi group allegedly threw smoke bombs and flares near the Islamic Cultural Center of Madrid and unfurled a banner saying: “Today Brussels. Tomorrow Madrid?” According to reports, the group later began harassing Muslims in the area and shouting Islamophobic statements.
via muslimnews: Spain: Neo-Nazi group that attacked Madrid mosque on trial for inciting hatred