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The president of Goldsmiths University’s Islamic Society has resigned in the wake of allegations that a series of homophobic messages was posted on his Twitter account.

Muhammed Patel’s resignation reportedly came after “a meeting was called to discuss a motion of no confidence” in light of “recent allegations”, according to a statement on the society’s Facebook page.

The post did not detail the allegations but it is understood a series of tweets posted from the @mopey96 account – now deleted – had sparked the motion.

Cached versions of the account seemingly show a message posted in August reading: “Homosexuality is a disease of the heart and the mind.”

Hours later, the account is also reported to have posted a message reading: “Can you fag lovers get out of my mentions pls, thanks.”

Another tweet attributed to @mopey96 reportedly called gay pride marches “stupid” and another allegedly said: “This Asifa [Lahore, a Muslim drag queen] has always p’d me off. How can you be trying to justify why it’s OK to be Muslim and gay.”

The tweets were seemingly brought to the Goldsmiths SU’s attention after the university’s LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) society came out in support of the Islamic group during a row with the Atheist, Secularist and Humanist Society.

It was sparked after controversial speaker Maryam Namazie addressed the atheist group, sparking a protest by the Islamic body that their “safe space” had been violated and branding Ms Namazie a "notorious islamophobe".

The LGBT society’s official stance on the split apparently angered some of its own members, who screengrabbed and shared pictures of the tweets allegedly sent by the Islamic group’s president.

“In the interim, the committee will appoint an acting president to serve for the remainder of the academic year,” the society added on Facebook.

“The committee would like to extend gratitude to all societies on campus – specifically the FemSoc and LGBTQ societies – for their continued support in the face of inaccurate assertions, threats and Islamophobic messages.

“Hate speech of any kind has no place in our society.”

It is the latest of a succession of scandals to hit the Students' Union this year.

Speaker Ms Namazie complained she had been harassed by members of the Islamic Society during her talk after they heckled her and switched off a projector.

And welfare and diversity officer Bahar Mustafa was embroiled in a race row earlier this year after allegedly tweeting with the hashtag "kill all white men" and banning white people and men from a meeting.

She was reported to the police and a petition for her dismissal was created. However no charges were brought and the petition fell short of the number of signatories it required.

Last month she resigned alongside two other sabbatical officers amid allegations of bullying.

In a statement on its website, Goldsmiths SU appeared to "welcome" Mr Patel's resignation.

It reproduced the ISOC statement and added the line: "Equality, diversity and respect for others within the Goldsmiths community are core values at Goldsmiths SU and we welcome this news."

The Standard has approached Mr Patel and the Islamic Society for comment.