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Meghan Markle’s cookbook mosque ‘linked to 19 jihadis including ISIS Beatles executioners’
The Duchess visited the Al Manaar Hubb Community Kitchen in West London after helping them write a cookbook in the wake of the Grenfell blaze
A COMMUNITY kitchen backed by Meghan Markle has been linked to 19 extremists connected to “terrorist acts”.
The Duchess visited the Al Manaar Hubb Community Kitchen in a West London mosque after helping them write a cookbook in the wake of the Grenfell blaze.
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The anti-extremism think tank, Henry Jackson Society (HJS), links the hub to 19 jihadis, including Jihadi John, the reports.
The mosque is run by Imam Samer Darwish, who preached on YouTube that girls who listen to music may become strippers.
He has also said on the Islam Channel that women should not pray while on their period or cry when visiting graves.
Meghan, 37, made secret visits to the Westbourne Grove centre.
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But the Imam's hardline preaching is likely to shock the Duchess, a passionate feminist campaigner.
The Royal visited the newly-renovated kitchen to help cook 200 meals for the local community.
She beamed as she cradled her baby bump during the “secret” visit - which was not publicised beforehand.
Their cookbook, Together, has raised £210,000 for the community after Meghan wrote the foreword.
HJS says the four Jihadi Beatles attended the mosque before they were charged with murdering and torturing hostages in Syria.
There is no suggestion the mosque or Darwish supported their activities.
In a Youtube clip Darwish says: “Bleeding, no praying. Stop bleeding, just pray. I’ve seen some of our sisters holding Koran using glove, which is a good idea.”
In another he preaches: "Those who are uncovering up some parts of their body and you will have no control in your daughter."
On women visiting graves, he says: “There is no harm but she will not cry to the extent to the point that she start screaming and stuff.”
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Dr Alan Mendoza, executive director of the HJS, said the Duchess of Sussex had been “poorly advised” over her involvement with the mosque.
“This is not one or two isolated cases but 19 separate individuals.
A simple Google search would have highlighted concerns over these connections, and the recently expressed views of Imam Darwish.”
A Kensington Palace source said the “Hubb” is an independent project that leases space from Al Manaar, adding: “The project is empowering the women and helping provide some hope and joy to a community that has gone through unspeakable tragedy.”
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Abdulrahman Sayed, chief executive of Al Manaar, said: “Al Manaar has been on the record rejecting and condemning extremism and terrorism.”
He said the mosque could not be held responsible for anything Imam Darwish said outside its walls but added: “I’m happy to look at what he said and have a word with him about that language.”
HJS executive director Dr Alan Mendoza said Meghan had been “poorly advised”.
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