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A charity responsible for running a mosque in the Midlands has been dissolved amid claims it was "facilitating terrorism".

The Fazal Ellahi Charitable Trust was found to be "condoning" - and "supporting" - terror, it has emerged.

A probe into the Trust, which ran a mosque in Tunstall, Staffordshire, was opened last year.

It was launched in 2018 by the regulator after Kamran Hussain preached hate.

The radical Imam was later convicted of six charges of encouraging terrorism and two of encouraging support for a proscribed organisation – the Islamic State.

The two trustees Fazal Ellahi and his son Isbar Ellahi have now been barred from running a charity.

The move from the Charity Commission comes after they "failed to properly manage, administer and protect the trust and its resources, resulting in it being used to facilitate terrorism offences".

It was found the trust did not have a viable future leading to its dissolution with £132,000 funds split between five charities in Stoke-on-Trent which have similar objectives, reports StokeonTrentLive , our sister title.

Michelle Russell, the commission's director of investigations, monitoring and enforcement, said: “What has happened at this charity is unacceptable and a clear failing on the part of the charity’s trustees as custodians for their charity.

"Our actions will reassure the public that abuse of this kind will not be tolerated.

"Whilst instances of abuse of charities for terrorism are rare, such links undermine public trust and confidence in charities, and the vital work that charities do. It is right that those responsible have been held to account for their actions.”

The Fazal Ellahi Charitable Trust was set up in 2003 with the aim of 'educating all people, particularly children and young people, in the Muslim religion and Urdu language and the advancement of the Muslim religion through collective prayer meetings and otherwise'.

As part of the investigation, the Charity Commission carried out an unannounced visit and scrutinised material seized by the police including bank statements.

The report reads: "The inquiry found that the charity’s premises had been misused, by the Imam, to encourage terrorism and encourage support for a proscribed organisation, namely Islamic State.

"The fact that the sermons delivered by the Imam which resulted in his conviction were delivered over a number of months compounds the failure on the part of the charity’s trustees to ensure that the charity and its property were not used for criminal purposes.

"Trustee A [Fazal Ellahi] advised that he was not aware of what the Imam had said and that there had been no complaints made about him by those in attendance at the Mosque.

"It is unclear whether the trustees were present for some or all of the Imam’s sermons between June A and September 2017 which resulted in his conviction; irrespective of whether or not either or both of the trustees were present, the inquiry found that the trustees failed to manage the charity’s resources appropriately and that their failure to do so facilitated their use for terrorist purposes."

Hussain, aged 40, of Knightsbridge Way, Tunstall, was sentenced to six-and-half years in jail at the Old Bailey after telling children as young as three that martyrdom was better than school.

His arrest came after anti-terror police planted an undercover officer in the mosque at 229 High Street over four months.

The officer recorded 17 sermons and six were found to have ‘crossed the line’ by encouraging terrorism and two encouraged support for IS or Daesh.

The court heard he would often he would deliver his speeches in front an ISIS flag and laud the values of terrorist groups.

In one he told the congregation: “Inshallah...we will see the black flag rise over Big Ben and Downing Street.”

The preacher supported the virtues of killing, martyrdom and violent jihad and endorsed the efforts of those who had undertaken such acts.

And he told worshippers the UK government funded far-right groups to attack Muslims.

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He said: "The kuffar (unbeliever) will attack you and kill you.

"Stand up and be ready to sacrifice, be ready to stand in the face of the elements of Shaytan (Satan), be ready to spill blood and have your blood spilt."

It is not yet clear what the charity's dissolution means for the mosque, which had around 40 worshippers.