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Jeremy Corbyn endorses Finsbury Park mosque which hosted hate preacher as 'place of peace'

The mosque had hosted an Egyptian imam who pledged to 'liberate' Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem from the 'filth of the Jews'

September 4, 2023 10:48
Kozbar and Corbyn

ByRichard Percival

1 min read

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has praised a London mosque as a “place of peace, hope and solidarity” after the JC revealed it had hosted an antisemitic hate preacher.

Last week, the JC reported that Finsbury Park Mosque had hosted an Egyptian imam, Omar Abdelkafi, who pledged to “liberate” Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem from the “filth of the Jews”.

Abdelkafi is also on record quoting from the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a notorious antisemitic forgery that claims Jews seek to dominate the world.

The north-London mosque’s general secretary, Mohammed Kozbar, has described Abdelkafi as “our beloved preacher”.

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