Imam Yunus Dudhwala told presenters Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid that there is no extremist preaching in UK mosques despite being confronted with evidence to prove otherwise.
Shocking those tuning in at home, in light of the recent terror attacks in London and Manchester, he insisted that things have "got better" within Muslim communities and suggested it's the police that are to blame.
"If you look at the evidence that's come through, mosques are reporting these individuals and the security services are not picking them up," he said. "Imams are saying they will not perform funeral prayers on these individuals. We have mosques that are actively doing something."
.... Responding to the claims, Piers accused the Imam of "living in cloud cuckoo land".
"It is not true that there is no extremist teaching in mosques right now," the presenter explained. "To pretend otherwise to me is complete nonsense." [DIGITAL SPY] Read more
