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Islamic charity investigated for hosting antisemitic lectures on its website
Audio recordings referring to the “dirty qualities” of Jews were found on the website of the Miftahul Jannah Academy
October 6, 2021 10:24
Audio recordings referring to the “dirty qualities” of Jews were found on the website of the Miftahul Jannah Academy
October 6, 2021 10:24An Islamic charity is being investigated after antisemitic audio recordings referring to the “dirty qualities” of Jews were found on its website along with extremist sermons that praised the Taliban and encouraged Muslims to fund jihadists .
An investigation by The Times revealed antisemitic and pro-jihadist lectures on the website of the Miftahul Jannah Academy, in Waltham Forest, northeast London.
The lectures were delivered by Muhammad Patel, an Islamic scholar.
The Charity Commission told the paper it was investigating after being contacted by the National Secular Society.
The society also referred the Masjid-e-Umer Trust, which runs Walthamstow Central Mosque, to the commission after it discovered that Mr Patel delivers lectures and youth programmes there, according to the charities’ websites.
One lecture was entitled “A quality of the Yahood — to kill those who want to guide them towards the commands of Allah”.
Yahood is the Arabic word for Jew.
In the lecture Mr Patel said killing Islamic scholars is one of the “wretched” and “dirty” qualities of Jews.
In another lecture on September 11, Mr Patel described the “amazing victory of the Taliban.”
He said: “Allah gave them victory on the battlefield.”
In a lecture from 2019 he said that if a Muslim nation “wants to go and fight” then rich Muslims should help them buy “machineguns” and “rockets”.
It also said Muslims should spend extra on “recruitment for jihad”.
The Charity Commission told The Times: “We contacted the Miftahul Jannah Academy on September 24 about audio recordings alleged to be from the charity’s website. We await the trustees’ response. We are now in receipt of additional information which we are carefully assessing.”
The Masjid-e-Umer Trust and Miftahul Jannah Academy have been approached for comment.