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UK mosque got $350,000 from al-Qaeda-supporting Muslim cleric

Apr 21, 2018 2:26 pm By Robert Spencer

Well, yes, they got the money, but mosque leaders deny any links to “extremism.” As everyone knows, people donate to causes they don’t support all the time, don’t they?

“Exeter Mosque denies links to extremism after receiving donations from radical cleric,” by John Bett and Alex Richards, DevonLive, April 20, 2018 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Exeter Mosque is being asked to reveal details of donations from a radical cleric, with fears it has benefited from terrorism-related activity.

Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ghariani – who has been expelled from the UK over his hard-line views – is known to have donated an undisclosed sum of money to Exeter Mosque.

But videos later emerged of the controversial Sheikh allegedly expressing support for al-Qaeda aligned militia groups in Libya.

Now, a group representing the Muslim community in Exeter, has launched a plea to find out exactly how much money was donated by Al-Ghariani amid fears the mosque on York Road could have benefited from terrorist-related activities..

A petition, put online by members of the community, claims the donations from Mr Ghariani came to a total of almost £250,000.

And Tallha Abdulrazaq, the son of a former trustee of the Exeter Mosque, says the scale of support was laid bare when Mr Gharini’s first donation of £50,000 was presented in cash at a meeting of the trustees.

He said: “If he is linked to these extremist groups, and there’s a lot of evidence that suggests that he is, do we really want to be taking his money and being associated with him? No.

“We do not want him in our community. The cash just appeared and was put on the table as £50,000 in cash, which obviously started suspicions.”

In 2015, the same year the cleric was reportedly making donations to the mosque in Exeter, he can be seen allegedly praising the violence of jihadi fighters in Libya.

In one video he says: “Those of them who die, are dying for the sake of God.”

Trustees of the mosque said they “do not have any links to any form of extremism” and claimed they were not aware of Mr Ghariani’s activities in Libya.

But the spotlight has now fallen on Shaheed Ul Hassan, who has been a trustee of Exeter’s Mosque since it was set up in the 1970s.

He is said to be the one who brought the £50,000 to the mosque but has declined requests for an interview.

However, at a meeting at the mosque, he and the other trustees confirmed they had received money from Mr Ghariani, but would not say how much….

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  1. Sentinel says

    Apr 21, 2018 at 3:05 pm

    If the mosque is obscuring the source of funds then it should be forfeited by the authorities. That’s why the UK has legal reporting requirements and attempting to hide or obscure the source of funds is a criminal offence irrespective of the use it is put to.

    Are the police investigating ?

  2. Andre-Hans von Bremen says

    Apr 21, 2018 at 5:43 pm

    Norway forbid legally sponsoring coming from countries who do not respect Freedom of Religion.

  3. jayell says

    Apr 21, 2018 at 6:24 pm

    Tallha Abdulrazaq (the son of a former trustee of the Exeter Mosque) – “We do not want him in our community. The cash just appeared and was put on the table as £50,000 in cash, which obviously started suspicions.”

    Really? Funny how some things can just magically ‘appear’ (or ‘disappear’), as the every police officer probably knows when questioning dubious characters who have been caught red-handed with things that should not be in their possession. And we know about the code of honour of the criminal fraternity when their ‘business connections’ become (shall we say?) ‘inconvenient’ – Quote – “Honest, Your Honour, I’ve never seen ‘im before in me life, and that’s God’s truth’. Except this would be ‘Allah’s truth’ in this case, a contradiction in terms. Yeah, we’re all convinced.

    “Trustees of the mosque said they “do not have any links to any form of extremism” and claimed they were not aware of Mr Ghariani’s activities in Libya.”

    Right. And I am the Pope’s grandfather.

    But the spotlight has now fallen on Shaheed Ul Hassan, who has been a trustee of Exeter’s Mosque since it was set up in the 1970s. He is said to be the one who brought the £50,000 to the mosque but has declined requests for an interview….”

    I wonder why? Has he run out of convincing lies?

  4. gravenimage says

    Apr 22, 2018 at 2:06 am

    UK mosque got $350,000 from al-Qaeda-supporting Muslim cleric
    …………………………

    Well, *this* should surprise no one.

    • Ralph says

      Apr 22, 2018 at 2:58 pm

      This surprised me. Sarcasm.

      • gravenimage says

        Apr 22, 2018 at 8:28 pm

        +1

  5. Anne Smith says

    Apr 22, 2018 at 5:26 am

    As long as this incredibly stupid woman is our PM this sort of thing will continue She has allowed Sharia courts to proliferate all over the country and has visited Saudi Arabia more than any other country in her official capacity. There is some sort of hidden agenda for her.

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