Hawzah News Agency - (Chesterfield - UK) - A spokesperson for Chesterfield Stand up to Racism said: “Within a short time some racists had determinedly attacked it and knocked it down.”

Last week, representatives of Chesterfield Stand up to Racism and Chesterfield Interfaith Forum visited the mosque to express solidarity.

Mohammed Razaq, of the mosque, said the incident was ‘very upsetting for everyone’.

Jeannie Robinson, from Chesterfield Stand up to Racism, added: “Freedom of religion is a basic civil liberty in the country and Islamophobic attacks like this must be opposed.

“It is an outrage that Muslims in Chesterfield cannot publicise their presence in our community.

“Everyone should feel safe to practice their religion.”