Al-Faruq Mosque (Denmark)
The Al-Faruq Mosque, also known as the Masjid al-Faruq, is a mosque located in Nørrebro, Copenhagen, Denmark. The relatively obscure mosque became a centre of controversy between 2017 and 2019 due to its association with Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international pan-Islamist and Islamic fundamentalist political organization.
Controversies
Connection with the 2015 Copenhagen shootings
Omar el-Hussein attended the mosque the day before perpetrating the 2015 Copenhagen shootings. The sermon that day included references to Muhammed waging war against Jews, and accused Western civilization of leading non-Muslims to corruption.Antisemitism
Imam Mundhir Abdallah, a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, delivered a sermon in March 2017 that included the following statement:In July 2018 Abdallah was charged with §266 and §136 part 3 of the penal code, the latter of which prohibits religious teachers from including express approval of certain crimes, including manslaughter, in religious instruction. The defense argued that Abdallah should be acquitted because the sermon was based on a Hadithic quote, because it was meant to refer to Israel rather than Jews in general, and because it was meant as a "prophecy" rather than an encouragement. Abdallah was found guilty on both charges.
On 21 June 2019, Abdallah stated in a sermon that the rulers and heads of state of Muslim countries, such as Iran, UAE, and Saudi Arabia, were serving crusader countries, and that Jerusalem was occupied by Zionists.