A Seventh-day Adventist Church in Serbia was the target of vandalism July 10 in the posting of a message signed by a neo-Nazi group.
A Seventh-day Adventist Church in Serbia was the target of vandalism July 10 in the posting of a message signed by a neo-Nazi group.
A poster, which read “sects are the death of the Serbian nation” and signed by the “Nacionalni Stroj” movement, was posted on the wall of the Adventist Church in Belgrade.
Church officials in the country called on the government to “secure a peaceful and safe life in which the indestructible spirit of tolerance, understanding and trust will rule.”
Several young men arrived on a motorcycle to post the message, said Miodrag Zivanovic, president of the Adventist Church in South-East Europe.
The incident was caught on surveillance tape, Zivanovic said, and underlines the volatile position for religious minorities in Serbia.
Adventists and other religious communities have been targeted several times in the last year by ultra-nationalists and neo-Nazi groups, Serbia’s B92 news reported.
The incident also received condemnation from the International Religious Liberty Association.
