Two seperate incidents in London have revealed evidences of extremist behaviour by Islamic groups in the UK. In a recent revelation, the Westminster terrorist Khalid Masood was found to have played a key role at a mosque in Luton that motives Muslims to take up weapons to triumph over “Jews and the rest of the enemies of Islam.”
Masood was a public contact person for the hardline website of the Luton Islamic Centre mosque calltoislam.com. While the mosque insists that it condemns terrorism, there were evidence of extreme violent radicalisation. Security officers are of the opinion that Masood was radicalised while a worshipper at the mosque.
In another incident, charity organisation Islamic Relief was questioned for inviting hardliner Muslim preacher Yashir Qadhi to star in a fundraising tour of Britain. Qadhi, an American academic educated in Saudi Arabia was found instigating students through speeches that Islam validated killing homosexuals and stoning adulterers. He clarified that these punishments only applied in an Islamic society and is not applicable in the West.
After being alerted by The Times newspaper in London, the Charity Commission is questioning charities Islamic Relief, Muslim Aid and Read Foundation about their sponsorship of Dr Gadhi's eight-city lecture tour starting this month.
Qadhi serves as Dean of Academic Affairs at the international Al-Maghrib Institute which has taught Islamic sciences to 80,000 students and is based in 11 countries including the UK.
