British police investigated a report that Mohammad Sidique Khan, leader of the July 7 London bombers, had attended its present headquarters in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. In August, Bavaria expelled three members of the organisation on the grounds that it promoted Islamic extremism.
Defenders of Tablighi Jamaat say that it is not political and confines itself to humanitarian work. It was founded in India under the British Raj and has many members in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
In fact, much of the funding for the project is set to come from the Middle East, and so concerned are people about the proposals that even some moderate British Muslims have stated their opposition to the mosque being built and created a petition against it.
Dr Irfan al-Alawi, one of the Muslims fighting the development, has argued that the mosque will be a security threat to the community.
Al-Alawi has said according to CBN News: "I think, yes. Once the youth have been brainwashed, and been captured by the satanic ideology of the Tablighis, yes, it will come as a very hard-hitting movement."
The proposals for the huge mosque have become more controversial because of the numerous acts of terrorism seen across the West in recent years. In particular, the British government is taking into serious consideration the present security threat coming from homegrown Islamic terrorists, which are becoming more widespread.
Newsweek has reported that increasing numbers of Britons are travelling to Pakistan to train in terrorism techniques.
Al-Alawi has also told CBN News that Pakistan is where Tablighi Jamaat sends young British-born Muslims to be brainwashed into extremism.
Al-Alawi asked: "Is the British government really going to turn a blind eye on that and say, let's go ahead and give these people a chance? I don't think so. If they want a 9/11 in England, then by all means," according to CBN.
The spokesman for Tablighi Jamaat, Abdul Khalique, has refused an interview request by CBN News. But CBN explains that "he told the British press that the mega mosque ...will be something never seen before in this country. It is a mosque for the future, as part of the British landscape.'"
