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recurve 31.03.16 - 08:31pm
In a Scottish newspaper today...

Police are investigating alleged links between leading figures at two of Scotland's largest mosques and a terrorist organisation banned in the UK and Pakistan

The head of religious events at Glasgow Central Mosque Sabir Ali and the leader of Polwarth Mosque in Edinburgh, Hafiz Abdul Hamid, are both said to have held senior positions in Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP).

SSP has been held responsible for attacks in Pakistan, has been classed as a proscribed organisation by the UK Government since 2001 and was banned by the Pakistan administration a year later.According to documents uncovered by the BBC, the SSP's in-house magazine Khalifat-e-Rashida suggests Sabir Ali and Hafiz Abdul Hamid continued to have connections with SSP after it was banned and list Mr Ali as the one-time president of SSP in Scotland.

Polwarth Mosque is said to have provided financial support to the SSP after it was banned.The magazine claims a man named Chaudhry Sabir told those attending the meeting that Tariq had won the hearts of the Muslim world and the enemies of Islam killed him, and vowed to continue his mission.

SSP is an anti-Shia political party with an armed wing Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), which has claimed responsibility for several sectarian attacks in Pakistan including the killing of 50 Shia Muslims at a mosque following Tariq's arrest in 2001.A UK Government documents states the aims of the group are to transform Pakistan by violent means into a Sunni state under the total control of Sharia law and to destroy other religions. It is not known if either man still has links to the organisation.

Mr Ali was not available for comment. * +

urvoice1 31.03.16 - 08:50pm

@ recurve - 31.03.16 - 08:31pm
In a Scottish newspaper today...

Police are investigating alleged links between leading figures at two of Scotland's largest mosques and a terrorist organisation banned in the UK and Pakistan

The head of religious events at Glasgow Central Mosque Sabir Ali and the leader of Polwarth Mosque in Edinburgh, Hafiz Abdul Hamid, are both said to have held senior positions in Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP).

SSP has been held responsible for attacks in Pakistan, has been classed as a proscribed organisation by the UK Government since 2001 and was banned by the Pakistan administration a year later.According to documents uncovered by the BBC, the SSP's in-house magazine Khalifat-e-Rashida suggests Sabir Ali and Hafiz Abdul Hamid continued to have connections with SSP after it was banned and list Mr Ali as the one-time president of SSP in Scotland.

Polwarth Mosque is said to have provided financial support to the SSP after it was banned.The magazine claims a man named Chaudhry Sabir told those attending the meeting that Tariq had won the hearts of the Muslim world and the enemies of Islam killed him, and vowed to continue his mission.

SSP is an anti-Shia political party with an armed wing Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), which has claimed responsibility for several sectarian attacks in Pakistan including the killing of 50 Shia Muslims at a mosque following Tariq's arrest in 2001.A UK Government documents states the aims of the group are to transform Pakistan by violent means into a Sunni state under the total control of Sharia law and to destroy other religions. It is not known if either man still has links to the organisation.

Mr Ali was not available for comment.

Online news report doesn't make good reading for either mosque. * +

bozzalad 1.04.16 - 02:43am