Wednesday, September 03, 2008

London mosque accused of preaching extremist message

They have been named as the ' preachers of hate'.

A new investigation by British TV station Channel 4 revealed women in one of the most important mosques in London asking their faithful to assist in the assassination of gays and apostates of Islam.

The Saudi Arabian-trained preachers were secretly filmed in the mosque in London’s Regent's Park, and the programme said they had been making these speeches for nearly 18 months.

The programme said that thousands of Muslims worship at the mosque every day, but have not denounced the extremist teaching.

In the recordings, for example, a woman labels Christianity as "ugly" and an "abomination". “We feel nothing sometimes going past the church. What they say with their tongues is so vile and disgusting, it’s an abomination”.

Another, known as Angelique, maintains that Britain is the “land of evil". During one sermon, a woman called Um Amira says: “He is Muslim, and he gets out of Islam... what are we going to do? We kill him, kill, kill.”

Moreover, she adds that women adulterers should be stoned to death and the people who have practiced sex before marriage should receive 100 lashes.

The man in charge of the mosque, Dr Ahmed Al Dubayan, is Islamic Affairs attaché to the Saudi Embassy.

The programme, Dispatches, claims the mosque has links to the Saudi government, which it accuses of spending billions spreading the Wahhabi message.

The Saudi Embassy denied this.

“I do not know the preachers in the documentary,” a spokesman said and claimed the mosque “does not support or condone extreme views”.

Regent’s Park Mosque is one of the biggest and most prestigious Islamic institutions in the UK.

Opened in 1944 by King George VI, it can hold up to 5,000 worshippers.
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(Source: RI)