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Sadiq Khan calls for mosque hate preachers to be investigated

Mayor speaks to JC following Jewish community hustings event at JW3

April 12, 2024 13:42
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Sadiq Khan speaking at the JW3 mayoral election debate on Thursday - Liberal Democrat Rob Blackie and Tory Susan Hall seated to his right (photo by David Rose)

ByDavid Rose, Politics and investigations editor

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Mosque preachers who back banned terrorist organisations or spread antisemitism should be investigated by police and brought to justice, London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan has told the JC.

He said mosques and other places of worship were “governed spaces, and anybody, whether it’s a rabbi, a vicar or an imam, should know that the police will take action if they break the law. If laws are broken, whether it’s online, on the street or in places of worship – if people do that, they should be investigated”.

He pointed out that the police had arrested 12 people at last week’s Quds Day parade, which was organised by supporters of the Iranian regime and its terrorist proxies. 

“They didn’t do that in 2016 when I first became mayor, even though there were people waving Hezbollah flags, a proscribed terrorist organisation,” he said.