UK - Mosque pleads for calm after being linked to eight suspects

A mosque in Walthamstow, east London, is emerging as the hub where a number of the terror suspects may have met each other and become friends, writes Abul Taher.

At least eight suspects worshipped at the Masjid-E-Umer mosque regularly, three of whom were well known to those that run it.

Waheed Zaman, 22, lived opposite the mosque on Queens Road, and is believed to have prayed five time a day. Zaman, a final-year biochemistry student at London Metropolitan University, is understood to have become friends there with Ibrahim Savant, 25, a white convert to Islam, and Muhammed Usman Saddeque, 24.

All three were known as “good Muslims” to mosque officials.
Savant is believed to have converted to Islam about five years ago.
It is understood that the Hussain brothers, Umair, 25, Nabeel, 22, and Mehran, were all frequent worshippers at the mosque, though they are known to have worshipped at others in the area. They used to sell alcohol-free perfumes outside mosques during prayer times.

All three brothers are believed to be students at universities around London.
A senior Muslim leader said brothers Assan Abdullah Khan, 23, and Waheed Khan, 25, also visited the mosque.

The Umer mosque, which is one of the biggest in the area with a capacity of about 1,300, adheres to the strict Deobandi sect of Sunni Islam, which derives from the Indian subcontinent.

No extremist Muslim groups have infiltrated the mosque but it is believed that local fanatics have distributed leaflets outside during prayer times.
Iqbal Mehtar, a trustee of the mosque, said: “Every mosque has that problem. There is nothing we can do about it.”

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Iqbal Mehtar, a trustee of the mosque, said: “Every mosque has that problem. There is nothing we can do about it.”

WHAT ???? NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT??? HOW ABOUT MAYBE STANDING OUTSIDE THE MOSQUE, AND WHEN THEY SHOW UP CALL THE POLICE? What kind of idiocy is this individual spewing?

Furthermore, he says “Every mosque has that problem" does this mental midget understand HE HAS JUST IMPLICATED EVERY MOSQUE IN THE UK HAVE TERRORISTS COMING TO THEIR MOSQUES, AND THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? In my opinion the Muslims could do something about it, THEY JUST WON'T. For what reasons, you take a guess.

Jeff Davis