(Jewish News) The government “will look carefully” into calls from MPs and community leaders to prevent an extremist preacher who has expressed support for Hamas from appearing at a new mosque in Middlesbrough.
MP Luke Myer told the Commons he is “very concerned” about the planned visit by the preacher Mohamed Hoblos to the north-east on February 23 to give a talk at a new mosque in Middlesbrough.
He was later joined by shadow home secretary Chris Philp in calling for a ban on his entry into the UK.
Hoblos has already been banned from Germany and the Netherlands after his record of making hugely inflammatory comments was raised, including claims that last November in a speech at a rally in Sydney, Australia, he ridiculed those who call on Muslims to condemn Hamas terror and the massacre of Israelis, stating, “Don’t forget that Israel is the oppressor.”
