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November 8, 2005

UK: Terror Tapes Given Out At Dewsbury Mosques

A report from the BBC states that two mosques in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire have been distributing videotapes advocating jihad, apparently unaware of this happening.

This weekend, while Muslims were celebrating Eid ul-Fitr, the end of Ramadan, tapes were left at points of access at two mosques in South Street, Savile Town. The videos purported to be tapes of the Koran, yet, according to Safiq Patel, a local resident: "When people played them they realised they were violent jihad videos". He told the BBC that the tapes were in the reception areas of the two mosques.

"Somebody is trying to infiltrate their consciences, decision-making and values in the hope of perhaps recruiting the terrorists of the future from this community," he added.

The Muslim community informed West Yorkshire police, who are now examining the case, and have at least one of the tapes in their possession.

Dewsbury is notorious as the home of Mohammed Siddique Khan (pictured at his job in a Leeds school), leader of the terrorist cell who committed the bomb outrage against London Transport passengers on 7/7, killing 52 people. Khan was responsible for the murders at Edgware Road. Dewsbury is also the home of Haroon Rashid Aswat, a suspected Al Qaeda member who is now in custody, awaiting trial on terrorism charges.

The Mosque & Markaz is one of three mosques listed for Savile Town, and the only one from South Street, according to one UK mosque directory. The venue is listed as the Markazi Mosque in the Salaam Directory. South Street is a very short road, according to the map. 18 mosques are listed for Dewsbury in this directory, with six of these, the Markazi included, found in Savile Town. Imran Patel, the man who lied to police about his involvement with the 7/7 cell claimed to have been barred from the Markazi mosque for his extremist views.

An article by Richard Donkin describes the Savile town mosques:

Tucked away behind rows of terraced houses in Savile Town, a few hundred yards from the centre of Dewsbury, the Markazi mosque is an unimposing building. The minaret, as minarets go, is modest and almost redundant. It carries a green light to signal sunset and an end to the fast during Ramadan, but there is no call to prayer. The local authority will not allow it. An adjoining school takes in 300 boarders from all over the world. They come for seven years to learn Arabic and to recite the Koran from beginning to end. Then they leave to carry the mission overseas.

Some 5,000 Asians strong, the Savile Town community has become one of the most orthodox centres of Moslem learning outside the east. It has the largest purpose-built mosque in Europe. Built in 1980 for a modest Pounds 500,000, partly from donations from Saudi Arabia, the Markazi mosque has attracted little attention from the surrounding community. Jamaat Tablighi ul Islam, the missionary organisation centred upon the mosque, is reformist in nature. It was founded by Maulana Muhammad Ilyas in Dehli during the 1930s and seems to apply a particularly pious code.

The police have issued a "reassurance message" to local Muslims, still shocked that Khan came from their town. When he lived in Dewsbury, Khan had never attended his nearest mosque. Anyone with information on the jihadi tapes is requested to contact the police.

Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at November 8, 2005 7:47 PM

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