20 April 2018

Exeter Mosque denies links to extremism after receiving donations from radical cleric

Exeter Mosque is being asked to reveal details of donations from a radical cleric, with fears it has benefited from terrorism-related activity.

Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ghariani - who has been expelled from the UK over his hard-line views - is known to have donated an undisclosed sum of money to Exeter Mosque.

But videos later emerged of the controversial Sheikh allegedly expressing support for al-Qaeda aligned militia groups in Libya.

Now, a group representing the Muslim community in Exeter, has launched a plea to find out exactly how much money was donated by Al-Ghariani amid fears the mosque on York Road could have benefited from terrorist-related activities. [DevonLive] Read more