A radical imam is still hosting talks in primary schools, despite being ruled as an extremist preacher. In 2016, a High Court judge found Shakeel Begg’s position as an imam put him in a place where he could “plant the seed of Islamic extremism in a young mind”. But Begg has remained head imam of the Lewisham Islamic Centre [LIC], which has regularly hosted schoolchildren from the local borough. The mosque has received hundreds of thousands of pounds in Government grants for its school, which closed in 2019. It also retains links with the local council, reports The Times. The BBC had previously…
