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Mosque in Ilford steps in to put on Holocaust exhibition

Event about Muslims who saved Jews finds venue after Golders Green Islamic centre pulled out

January 22, 2019 15:07
The invitation to the exhibition at the mosque
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An exhibition about Albanian Muslims who saved Jews during the Second World War which was cancelled by an Islamic centre in Golders Green was hosted by a mosque in Ilford on Sunday.

Bashir Chaudhry, chairman of the Muslim Community Centre, said the exhibition was an “eye-opener” and he would encourage others to see it.

Despite receiving emails and phone calls objecting to the centre’s decision to show the exhibition, he said, “It was the right thing to do.”

Fiyaz Mughal, a leading Muslim interfaith activist who is director of Faith Matters, said he believed it was the first time it had been shown at a mosque.