The East London Mosque (ELM) continues pushing the line that it only hosted the al-Qaeda linked preacher Anwar al-Awlaki at its mosque on one occasion and that ‘there was no credible evidence at the time of the event that al-Awlaki might be an extremist'.
.... Long before Awlaki spoke at the ELM he was translating and disseminating jihadist texts such as Thawaabit Ala' Darb Al-Jihad - which means ‘The Constants of Jihad'. .... Let's assume the ELM is sincere when it says it did not know the truth about Awlaki. Surely that means its senior management - such as Mohammed Abdul Bari - are grossly unfit to continue serving as government advisers on violent extremism? [Standpoint] Read more
