With a Police Scotland investigation under way and the Muslim community still reeling from the fatal stabbing of shopkeeper, Asad Shah, the mosque’s warring conservative and liberal groups have vowed to put their differences aside.
Source/Credit: The Scotsman Newspaper
By Martyn Mclaughlin | April 2, 2016
An overhaul of processes and governance arrangements at a scandal-hit mosque could take several years, according to one of its leading reformists.
The lawyer, Aamer Anwar, who chaired an event last week bringing together the various factions of Glasgow Central Mosque, said there was a “sense of urgency” about the need for change, but stressed it would take time to implement new procedures.
The mosque, Scotland’s largest, has been rocked by allegations about its head of religious events, Sabir Ali. A BBC investigation claimed he had held senior positions in Sipah-e-Sahaba, a terrorist organisation banned in the UK and Pakistan.
Ali has not been suspended from his position although the mosque has unequivocally condemned Sipah-e-Sahaba as a “sectarian group of killers”.
With a Police Scotland investigation under way and the Muslim community still reeling from the fatal stabbing of shopkeeper, Asad Shah, the mosque’s warring conservative and liberal groups have vowed to put their differences aside.
Speaking to Scotland on Sunday, Anwar, who has been a vocal critic of traditionalist figures at the institution, said the mosque could not allow the reconciliation efforts to fail.
“There’s a sense of urgency here. We need to move fast and can’t allow these matters to drift. We have to build on what has started in the past week,” he explained.
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