NIIP, which has never been funded by Prevent, was criticised for holding a fundraising event for Interpal, a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group in the US and a registered charity in the UK. Speaking to Nottinghamshire Live, charity leader Asad Fazil said that he only attended NIIP as part of his mosque visit as an engagement officer for Nottingham City Council. The chief executive of the Al-Hurraya, a charity which has benefited from Prevent funding, was also named in the report for praising the work of the Nottingham Islam Information Point (NIIP). Nottinghamshire Live has approached the podcast guest, activist Lauren Booth, for comment. The charity is also named in the review for holding a podcast discussion with an individual who had an alleged record of promoting antisemitic narratives, however the discussion itself did not appear to be of extremism concern.
In my view, this ought to have had immediate consequences for the funding of this CSO by Prevent."
It continued: "I am alarmed by some of the material discovered within these assessments, particularly as significant issues raised include those dating back several years. The review said that "the Home Office had previously conducted extremism related due diligence on this individual and, in November 2020, concluded that they considered that the head of this CSO posed a ‘significant’ risk rating". it is actually taking our religious freedom”. He also alleged that “only four or five imams who are allowed to go onto national media”, and claimed that the government “does not want Muslims to be Muslims. The report also made reference to his allegations against Ofsted for the way he claimed it treated Muslim children and teachers, describing it as "totally unacceptable" and 'undemocratic'. In the review, he is blamed for claiming that "Prevent is ‘targeting’ the Muslim community in a manner that is 'uncharacteristic of a democracy' and has 'bad intentions'". The report also mentions an instance in which Dr Hussain has made allegations against Prevent during an appearance on a British Muslim television channel earlier in 2021. The Nottingham scholar is also mentioned in the review for speaking of the circumstances under which "Muslim members of Britain’s armed forces should refuse orders". The review also said that Dr Hussain referred to militant Islamist groups – whose military wings were proscribed in the UK –as “so-called ‘terrorists’ of the legitimate resistance groups”. READ MORE: Nottingham Imam denies he spread extremism while funded by Prevent
His charity delivered Prevent-funded projects only between 20, according to its website. The Nottingham Muslim leader founded the Karimia Institute with the help of local community in 1990.
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