Man held after blind imam found dead in mosque

[Jacaylbaro]

 

Detectives are searching for the motive that led to the killing of a blind imam inside a mosque in north London.

 

Maimoun Zarzour, 39, an imam at Muslim Welfare House in Finsbury Park, north London, was found dead in his office at the mosque on Friday morning .

 

Mosque officials believe Zarzour may have been strangled. Police and mosque officials said they did not think the killing was a hate crime.

 

Shortly after Zarzour's body was found, a man gave himself up to police and is the prime suspect. He is believed to be Muslim, and to have asked for an appointment to see Zarzour after early morning prayers, suggesting that he was known at the mosque.

 

Muslim Welfare House is one of two mosques in the Finsbury Park area. It is moderate and orchestrated the ousting of the firebrand Abu Hamza, who is now in jail.

 

Worshippers at the mosque, which is known for reaching out to other faiths, had celebrated Eid on Tuesday, one of the biggest Muslim festivals of the year.

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/02/man-held-blind-imam-dead

[Som@li]

who are the cowards who kill this poor man?

[Blessed]

I question the sanity of the person who did this. May Allah grant this brother the highest station in jannah. Amen.

[Libaax-Sankataabte]

Ilaahay ha u naxariisto. Waxu arxan daranaa?

[AYOUB]

*Blessed;744072 wrote:

I question the sanity of the person who did this. May Allah grant this brother the highest station in jannah. Amen.

Amiin. Spoke to a Somali brother who worked the with this Imaam and apparently the suspect is an Algerian with mental issues.

[Juxa]

It is my local mosque, i feel sad for the passing of the sheikh. allaha unaxariisto