REVEALED: Imams Preaching Saudi-Imported Hate Texts In British Jails
by Donna Rachel Edmunds 19 Apr 2016 191 Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER Muslim chaplains working within Britain’s prison system have been routinely distributing Islamist hate literature, leaving extremist pamphlets preaching death to non-believers and hatred of the West within easy reach of inmates, a leaked review has revealed. The Ministry of Justice, who has oversight for chaplaincy appointments within prisons, is understood to have issued an urgent internal alert warning of “severe reputation damage” thanks to the extremist nature of the material. The compact discs (CDs) and leaflets, some of which were imported from Saudi Arabia, contain homophobic and misogynistic messages, as well as inciting hatred against non-Muslims and Western culture. Yet it was left by the Muslim chaplains on library bookshelves where inmates were free to come and peruse it, The Times has reported . Lack of scrutiny inside the jails paired with weak cor