It has recently emerged that Mohammad Abdul Aziz, a 'Senior Muslim Adviser' to the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) - a department tasked with promoting community cohesion - is an honorary member of the East London Mosque (ELM), an institution that is not uncontroversial. [Standpoint] Read more
Is DCLG’s Senior Muslim Advisor Mohammad Abdul Aziz an Islamist Supporter? Mohammad Abdul Aziz is a Senior Muslim Advisor at DCLG. He is also a honorary trustee of East London mosque (ELM) and the London Muslim Centre (LMC), as well as having been an advisor to the MCB.
He was formerly an executive committee member of YMO, which is the youth wing of Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE) – an Islamist entryist group. After spending years in YMO propagating the teachings of the Islamist ideologue Maulana Mawdudi, Mohammad Aziz resigned to follow a stricter and more conservative form of Islam known as ‘Salafism’. [The Spittoon] Read more
