London Terror attacks; 7/7, 21/7 & the aftermath, Shooting of Charles de Menezes, Muslim Converts under the spotlight, Conflating Salafism with extremism & the Salafi response

Shoe Bomber sentence, Countering threatening narratives from Islamic Awakening Forum, Azzam Publications, SP cult vs wider Salafi communities, Madrid Bombings, Beslan Massacre,

Continuing scrutiny and criticism from fringe groups, letter to Shaykh Rabee, Statutory and government attention, UK & US invasion of Iraq, global condemnation and protests

Media frenzy, visiting scholars in Saudi Arabia, Return to Knowledge 8th Conference, Accusation against Shaykh Rabee al-Madkhali, returning to UK to face arrest...

Ibn Taymeeyah Seminar, 9/11, Zacarius Moussaoui - the 20th bomber; Richard Reid - the Shoe Bomber. Brixton Mosque responds to world media & commences defence and rebuttal of slanderous accusations.

Shaykh Al Albani’s will & testament introduces this new season, followed by religious instruction during that year and the sermons delivered. Particular attention is paid to a sermon that resonates 20 years on with the current coronavirus pandemic that has a third of the world on lockdown.

Independent evaluation of STREET prior to receiving government funding; Service Level Agreements (SLAs); Changing government, marginalisation of Salafi organisations; non-violent extremism; new untenable terms; cessation of funding

Strategy To Reach Empower & Educate Teenagers (STREET) is an award winning youth initiative that engaged with and was funded by the Home Office via the initial PREVENT Strategy funding. This first episode describes the rationale behind the organisation’s decision to engage and work with PREVENT.

This 2nd sermon was delivered 2 weeks after Richard Reid’s - aka the Shoebomber - arrest and continued with the previous sermon’s theme of providing clarification of the Mosque’s position and my comments while rebutting criticism by an emerging trend that was - and continues to be - vocal against those that fight against extremism, while they themselves fail to condemn it or its protagonists.

Following the 9/11 attacks, the US launched military strikes against Afghanistan. Further retaliatory terrorist actions were anticipated but none like the attempted shoe bomb attack on a transatlantic flight on 22nd December. The culprit was a former, expelled attendee of Brixton Mosque - Richard Reid - bringing the world’s attention to this local Salafist community that was compelled to respond emphatically. This first of two podcasts provides recordings of that response which still resonates today.