(BBC) A religious chief criticised in a damning review of the UK’s scheme to prevent terrorism has hit back after being singled out in the report.
The report commissioned by the Home Office suggests the Prevent strategy, which aims to identify potential terrorists, needs “national reform.”
Nottingham Imam Dr Musharraf Hussain was among religious leaders alleged to have been “promoting Islamist extremist sentiments,” according to the report.
He insists the claims are “untrue.”
Dr Hussain, who is leader of the Prevent-funded Karimia Institute in Bobbers Mill, “made statements in 2021 that were sympathetic to the Taliban,” the review’s findings said.
