Islamic charity warned over ‘inflammatory’ sermon after October 7 attacks
- A British Islamic charity received a formal warning and disqualified trustee Harun Abdur Rashid Holmes for delivering an 'inflammatory and divisive' sermon after the October 7 Hamas attacks.
- The sermon was criticized for not aligning with the charity's mission, leading to a judgment of misconduct from the Charity Commission.
- The Commission noted that over 300 cases related to the Middle East conflict have been reviewed, with a third resulting in formal guidance.
- David Holdsworth, Chief Executive of the Charity Commission, emphasized the need for charities to promote unity, not division, and condemned misuse for inciting hate.
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Muslim charity boss delivered sermon on killing Jews six days after Oct 7
The charity regulator has issued an Islamic charity with an official warning and banned one of its trustees after he was accused of encouraging violence against Jews after the Oct 7 Hamas attack. Harun Abdur Rashid Holmes, a leading figure with Nottingham Islam Information Point (NIIP), has been barred from acting as a charity trustee for three years after delivering a sermon in which he stated that Muslims would kill Jews until they “hide behin…
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