Mosque in the spotlight

Finsbury Park mosque has come under the spotlight several times for alleged links to Muslim terror suspects. BBC Home Affairs reporter Danny Shaw profiles the controversial place of worship in London.
BBC, Jan. 20, 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/

The North London Central mosque, based in Finsbury Park, is inextricably linked with its controversial cleric, or imam, Sheikh faces expulsion as cleric of the North London Central mosque by the Charity Commission for making “inflammatory and highly political” speeches at prayers.

The mosque was raided by police on 20 January and seven people were arrested as part of an ongoing anti-terrorist investigation linked to the discovery of highly toxic ricin at a north London address two weeks earlier.

It is situated a corner-kick away from Highbury – the home of Arsenal Football Club – serves a diverse community of Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Algerians and Egyptians.

» AKPC_IDS += "2020,";

Read Another Article

Profile: Abu Hamza
Raelian slams U.S. and UN

Related News Articles Topic(s): Islamism Subscribe to Religion News Blog updates Subscribe to Religion News Blog [What is this?] Get Religion News Blog's headline by Email [What is this?] Follow Religion News Blog at Twitter Find Related Information Use our custom search engines to find additional research resources on religions and cults: ApologeticsSearch.com: Search for apologetics articles, books, videos, and other research resources across 135 Christian apologetics websites and blogs. CounterCultSearch.com: Search for information about (religious) cults, cult-like organizations, and cults experts -- as well as paranormal-, New Age, and pseudoscientific claims -- across 260+ websites, blogs and forums dedicated to cult research, spiritual abuse, ex-cult counseling & support. Find Related Religion & Spirituality Books at Amazon.com Islamism Possibly related... or Most Popular Religion News Articles Kent Hovind: Evangelist arrested on federal charges Beast’s real mark devalued to ’616′ Muslim Woman Gives Sex Advice on Arab TV Michael Jackson Confirms Conversion to Islam Kent Hovind, ‘Dr. Dino,’ guilty on all counts The fall and rise of Carlton Pearson Search False prophet Harold Camping sets another date for rapture: May 21, 2011 Watch the film Theo van Gogh was murdered for Kent Hovind — Dr. Dino — sentenced to 10 years in prison

Search Religion News Blog