London imam subjected to death threats for supporting evolution

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/06/usama-hasan-london-imam-death-threats-evolution


Mosque suspends engineering lecturer Usama Hasan for 'antagonising' community and backing women's rights


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Dr Usama Hasan, vice-chairman at Leyton mosque and a senior lecturer in engineering at Middlesex University, ceased delivering Friday prayers after 25 years of service when 50 Muslim protesters disrupted his lecture by handing out leaflets against him and shouting in the mosque for his execution.

A statement from the secretary of the mosque, Mohammad Sethi, that was leaked to extremist websites, said Hasan had been suspended after his lecture resulted in "considerable antagonism" from the community and for his "belief that Muslim women are allowed to uncover their hair in public".

Sethi's letter, dated 24 February, said Hasan's views were in "violation of the constitution of the Masjid Trust" and that the decision had been made for the "safety and security of all parties".

But Suhaib Hasan, who is the imam's father and chairman of the mosque, posted a counter-statement on the mosque's website on Thursday. It claimed his son had been the victim of a "vicious and predetermined agenda" by a "faction of trustees" and their decision to remove him was void because their meeting was inquorate.

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"I've been a Londoner all my life and I grew up in that mosque," Hasan said. "I'm very passionate about living our lives in a modern way but, as far as they are concerned, that makes me an extremist. I'm going to have to live with extra cautions for the rest of my life."
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I hope people have this man's back and don't let the religiously insane, power hungry, hurt him or his.

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1. I hope anyone demanding someone's execution have been arrested and charged.

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2. agree

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