Documentary reveals hidden side of British mosque where extremist women urge Muslims to kill non-believers



Women preachers in one of Britain's most influential mosques are calling on Muslims to kill homosexuals and adulterers, a television documentary will reveal tonight.

During a hardline rant at the London Central Mosque, one preacher said Muslims who switch to another religion should also be slaughtered.

The extremist sermons, filmed secretly by the Channel 4 Dispatches programme, encourage a circle of listeners to follow a hardline Islamic code, urging Muslims not to talk to people from other religions.

A still from the Channel 4 Dispatches programme which reveals extremist sermons being given by hardline Muslims



They describe Britain as the 'land of evil' and say the behaviour of other races is 'vile'.

The mosque, known as Regent's Park Mosque, is one of the most respected centres for moderate Islam in western Europe and has a major interfaith department which welcomes visits from other religious groups and thousands of British school children each year.

However, the documentary exposes a hidden side to the mosque, where hardline Muslim women preach to study groups.

The DVDs preach that disbelievers are 'evil, wicked, mischievous people... they do the most evil, filthy things'.

In one of the recordings, a speaker says of the Jews: 'Their time will come, like every other evil person's time will come.'

Undercover: Regent's Park Mosque was at the centre of an investigation

Dr Ahmed Al Dubayan, the director general of the mosque, said the women were not authorised and did not reflect the views of the mosque.

He said the mosque 'is committed to interfaith and cross-cultural understanding. It does not support or condone extreme views, racial hatred, violence or intolerance.'

The Muslim Council of Britain, of which the mosque is an affiliate, said: 'Some of the statements are deeply offensive, but it would be very wrong, and quite unfair, to smear the whole centre.'

The documentary is a follow-up to Undercover Mosque, which investigated mosques in Britain more than a year ago.





This found DVDs preaching intolerance on sale in a bookshop at the Regent's Park Mosque. The new programme says they are still there.

Dr Al Dubayan pointed out the bookshop was run by an independent company and said: 'We made it clear that it was not acceptable to stock materials containing extremist views.'