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EXCLUSIVE: Mosque boss quizzed over ‘civilised Taliban’ post shared ‘Nazi Israel’ clips

Saddique Hussain triggered outrage over his apparent support for the Islamist group

August 27, 2021 12:50
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A mosque manager questioned by the police over his apparent support for the Taliban has posted videos in which Israel is compared to Nazi Germany and the pro-Israel lobby group Aipac is described as having vast power over American politicians, the JC can reveal.

Saddique Hussain, the general manager of Birmingham’s Central Jamia Mosque Ghamkol Sharif mosque, triggered outrage when he shared a clip of Taliban fighters brandishing assault rifles and reciting the Quran and wrote above it: “How beautiful and civilised and no ‘I’. May Allah SWT guide us on to His beautiful religion.”

After a police warning, Mr Hussain insisted he “does not and never has supported the Taliban” but a string of controversial posts has now come to light.

Earlier this year he shared a video from the far-right American media outlet ‘TruNews’ in which pastor and antisemitic pundit Rick Wiles, who has previously claimed that Jews are “decievers” who “plot” and “lie”, explicitly compared the actions of Israel to Nazi Germany.