- Title: Undercover Mosque: The Return
- Date: 1st January 1970
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- Description:A year and a half after the critically-acclaimed film,Undercover Mosque,was first screened,Dispatches goes undercover again to see if promises to remove extremist theology and teaching materials in key British Muslim institutions have been honoured. The film also investigates the role of the Saudi Arabian religious establishment in spreading hard-line fundamentalist Islamic ideology in the UK - the very ideology the Government claims to be tackling. A female reporter - 'Sara' - attends prayer meetings in Regent's Park Mosque - one of the most important mosques in the country,which claims to be dedicated to moderation and dialogue with other faiths. She secretly films shocking sermons given to the women-only congregation in which female preachers recite extremist and intolerant beliefs. As hundreds of women and children come to pray,the leading preacher calls for adulterers,homosexuals,women who act like men and Muslim converts to other faiths to be killed. "Kill him,kill him. You have to kill him,you understand. This is Islam." Worshippers are told they must lead separate lives from non-believers and not tolerate other religions,describing Christian teachings as 'vile and disgusting,an abomination.' And at private invite-only prayer meetings linked to the mosque,the reporter films the same preacher issuing strict dictats on women's personal freedoms - decreeing they must not travel far without a male member of the family to escort them and instructing them not to integrate with British society or work in a non-Islamic environment. The undercover reporter also films inside a Saudi-funded key Muslim organisation Ì¢‰â‰ÛÏ the Muslim World League - which claims to promote interfaith tolerance yet distributes extremist literature and according to one employee distributes Saudi money to other Muslim organisations. The film also features interviews with Islamic academics who condemn these messages of intolerance and segregation and warn of the impact this version of Islam is having on British society. Dr Admani,imam at London Metropolitan University,accuses the Saudi religious establishment of the,"distortion of Islam itself,the abuse and misuse of this great faith of mine and not only mine but of my children as well."
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Music
- Producer:Hardcash Productions Ltd.
- Transmission Date:01/01/1970
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1970s