.... Saudi cleric Shaykh Al Barrak, who has a reputation for issuing hardline fatwas including ones on strict gender segregation, was one figure who raised concern.
He was one of the clerics who ruled against praying behind Dr Usama Hasan, vice-chairman at Leyton mosque, after he discussed his views on evolution and women’s right to refuse to wear the veil. The Tayyibun Institute said Al Barrak did not speak – not because he was banned from doing so but because there was not enough time. [East London Advertiser] Read more
