'Military jihad' probe dropped at Didsbury Mosque

Tuesday 29th January 2019 14:31 EST
 

An investigation into a sermon at Didsbury Mosque has found that no offences were committed. This is the Mosque where the Manchester Arena bomber worshipped.

Two Muslim scholars claimed that Imam Mustafa Graf at the Mosque called for the supporters of fighters in Syria in 2016. The sermon was held at a time when Aleppo in Syria was in the middle of a four-year deadlock. Six months later Salman Abedi killed 22 people after an Ariana Grande concert.

Mr Graf has denied preaching Islamic extremism and police have said their investigation has now been dropped. Mr Graf also denied that he had called for armed jihad.


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