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Islamic State fanatics called Rochdale based imam ‘Voldemort’
September 24, 2024 By Faith Matters

Islamic State fanatics called Rochdale based imam ‘Voldemort’

Two Islamic State extremists who planned the murder of an imam referred to him as “Voldemort” who was engaging in “black magic”, a public inquiry heard. Father-of-seven Jalal Uddin, 71, died in a “brutal and ferocious” attack with a hammer in a children’s play area in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, on February 18 2016, because his […]

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Killing of Imam Jalal Uddin Shows How Extremism Is Morphing
September 18, 2016 By Faith Matters

Killing of Imam Jalal Uddin Shows How Extremism Is Morphing

The brutal killing of Imam Jalal Uddin, a 71 year old respected Imam in Rochdale, by Mohammed Hussain Syeedy throws up an element that is part and parcel of Salafist Jihadist ideology. Such ideology has been seen to drive the destruction of Muslim shrines in Afghanistan, Timbuktu, Egypt, Iraq and Syria. Shrines, taweez (or worn […]

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