Mosque denies extremism links after controversial cleric donations

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The trustees of a mosque are facing questions about donations they accepted from a controversial Muslim cleric.

Videos have emerged of Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ghariani expressing support for al-Qaeda aligned militia groups in Libya.

An online petition is calling on those who run the mosque in Devon to clarify how much money has been received and what it was spent on.

Trustees of the mosque said they “do not have any links to any form of extremism”.

They also said they were not aware of Mr Ghariani’s activities in Libya.

In 2015, the same year the cleric was reportedly making donations to the mosque in Exeter, he can be seen praising the violence of jihadi fighters in Libya.

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