“jihad” would soon come against the “kuffar” — a derogatory term for unbelievers.
New International Version I saw thrones on which were seated those who had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
Islamist Cleric Who Called for Beheading of Non-Believers
IT'S COMING Birmingham Mosque Has £2 Million Govt Grant Suspended over Shocking Islamist Sermons 84 Worshippers gather for prayers at Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham as the holy month of Ramadan comes to an end and Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr. Picture date: Friday April 21, 2023. (Photo by Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images)Joe Giddens/PA Images via Getty Images KURT ZINDULKA5 Sep 2023371 2:59 A £2 million government grant to a controversial Mosque has been suspended amid outcry over extremist Islamist statements made by its imams including apparently advocating for stoning women to death for adultery and waging jihad against unbelievers.
Social Investment Business, which initially green-lit £2.2 million in taxpayer money to build a youth centre at the Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre in Birmingham, has blocked the delivery of the grant while investigations are held into allegations of radical rhetoric being spouted in the mosque.
Last month, footage emerged from a sermon from Zakaullah Saleem, the mosque’s head Imam, appearing to show the Sheikh telling worshippers that women found guilty of adultery should be buried in the ground up to their waist in order to “protect her modesty” and then stoned to death, the Mail on Sunday reported.
The Imam was also reported to have called on the government to take “legal action” against the former Batley School Grammar School teacher who was forced into hiding with his family amid death threats in response to him showing his class a caricature of the Islamic prophet during a class on blasphemy.
Another Imam at the Green Lane Masjid, Abu Usamah al-Thahabi allegedly compared British ISIS bride Shamima Begum to young white girl victims of largely Pakistani grooming gangs in the north of England. Al-Thahabi was previously featured in a Channel 4 documentary in which he was recorded telling congregants that a “jihad” would soon come against the “kuffar” — a derogatory term for unbelievers.
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The mosque has claimed that the comments about stoning have been taken out of context and that “he did not suggest that these practices have a place in UK society.” They went on to claim that they reject violent extremism and hate crimes and seek to encourage tolerance between communities.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has acknowledged that the mosque has already received “a limited pre-construction grant from the Youth Investment Fund” from the Social Investment Business (SIB) but has “yet to receive funding for the construction of its youth facility”.
The Social Investment Business, which is run by former Labour Security Minister and Communities Secretary Hazel Blears, refused to comment about the allegations of extremism against the mosque while investigations are ongoing, but said: “[We have] paused the distribution of the grant and are investigating the recent allegations.”
The SIB went on to say that the Green Lane Masjid and Community Centre “works with a range of local and regional bodies that have been supportive of their project, including the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner.”
For its part, the West Midlands Police said that after reviewing the videos of Imam Saleem’s speech, the force was “satisfied that there are no criminal offences” within the incendiary remarks.
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Austria Breaks up Suspected Islamic State Terror Cell in Linz An armed police officer patrols outside the OPEC Secretariat building ahead of the 33rd meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC countries in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. OPEC+ is considering its biggest production cut since 2020 as it tries to stabilize oil prices, …Getty Images BREITBART LONDON5 Sep 202310 https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/09/05/austria-breaks-up-suspected-islamic-state-terror-cell-in-linz/ BERLIN (AP) – Austrian security officials said Tuesday they have broken up a suspected terror cell linked to the Islamic State group that consisted of nine young men and one woman. One suspect was detained.
The investigations and interrogations carried out so far show that the suspects have an attitude that is between “fundamental Islamic” and “terrorist,” Austria´s domestic intelligence service DSN said in a statement. It did not reveal any further details about the suspects, saying it is still conducting further investigations.
The suspects, who are aged between 15 and 23 and live near the city of Linz in northern Austria, allegedly “have been recruiting for the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) and its criminal activities for a long time,” the intelligence service said.
“In addition, they planned to establish a mosque or prayer room under the sign of a decorative Taliban flag through missionary and recruitment activities,” the statement said.
The identities of the suspects were not given in line with Austrian privacy rules, but Austria’s APA news agency reported that the suspects are from Austria, Turkey, Iraq, Russia and Croatia or are stateless.
During house searches at the beginning of July, dozens of cell phones, laptops, PCs, other data carriers and propaganda material were seized.
The public prosecutor´s office in Linz ordered the detention of one of the suspects, an 18-year-old, on the grounds that there was a risk of him fleeing or committing crimes. The other suspects are under investigation.
The DSN said the group was allegedly also linked to the Caucasus Emirate, which is an Islamic extremist group operating in Russia´s Caucasus, but the agency did not give any further details on that accusation.
The group is also accused of having encouraged a 19-year-old who sprayed IS graffiti and committed further damage to property in St. Poelten, west of Vienna
Religion of peace...simply misunderstood...
Birmingham Council has just declared functional bankruptcy. All projects (except essential services) have been suspended. I wonder if they were spending money on 'projects' of dubious nature.