A British Imam has been fired from a Saudi-financed London mosque after he criticized the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and the country’s royal family.
Imam Ajmal Masroor was fired from the Fitzrovia Mosque, also known as Goodge Street mosque in central London, which is run by the Saudi-funded Muslim World League.
Masroor’s firing took place just days after he used his personal Facebook page to post a video which described the Saudi royal family as “corrupt, despotic and totally anti-Islamic.”
In another post, the imam also criticised Mohammed bin Salman for arresting opposition activists and Islamic scholars.
“I am 100 percent sure that they fired me because of my comments about Mohammad bin Salman where I said he was not a reformer but a conformer,” said Masroor.”When I asked why they were firing me, I was told that it was an order that had come from the top. Which means the Saudi government wanted me out.”
Masroor said the…