Editing Finsbury Park Mosque (section)

===2006–2013: Reformation===
Since reopening, it is widely acknowledged that the mosque has not been associated with radical views.<ref>{{cite news|title=Van attack on London Muslims suggests new polarization|url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/uk-moves-to-ease-tensions-after-van-attack-on-london-muslims/wcm/7c54346d-ffc9-4644-95a2-2dd727b04db8|quote= However, the mosque was shut down and reorganized and has not been associated with radical views for more than a decade.|work=[[National Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=London mosque attack suspect identified as U.K. authorities move to ease tensions|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/06/19/1-killed-10-injured-in-london-terror-attack-near-mosque.html|quote=After those attacks, the mosque was shut down and reorganized and has not been associated with radical views for more than a decade.|work=[[Toronto Star]]|access-date=20 June 2017|archive-date=20 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620052956/https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/06/19/1-killed-10-injured-in-london-terror-attack-near-mosque.html|url-status=live}}</ref>  British authorities have described the transformation of the mosque to be a major accomplishment.<ref name=debating /> ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' reported that Finsbury Park Mosque's transformation from "radical hotbed" to "model of community relations" has "since been widely regarded as a success story".<ref name=Telegraph>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/19/finsbury-park-mosque-radical-hotbed-transformed-model-community/ The Finsbury Park Mosque: radical hotbed transformed to model of community relations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413045533/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/19/finsbury-park-mosque-radical-hotbed-transformed-model-community/ |date=13 April 2018 }}, ''The Daily Telegraph'', 19 June 2017</ref> The mosque made an effort to build ties with the local community, including local MP [[Jeremy Corbyn]], and started engaging non-Muslims and local authorities.<ref name=MoreThanJustAMosque />

In 2007 the [[Policy Exchange]] think tank, in a report titled ''The hijacking of British Islam'', said they had purchased a number of allegedly extremist Islamic books at the mosque.<ref name="PolicyExchangeHijacking"/> The mosque disputed the allegation, and sued for libel,<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tories-favourite-think-tank-sued-by-muslim-group-897548.html Tories' favourite think-tank sued by Muslim group] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804222811/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tories-favourite-think-tank-sued-by-muslim-group-897548.html |date=4 August 2017 }}, ''Independent'', August 2008</ref> a case that was struck on the technicality that the mosque as an unincorporated charitable trust is not a corporate entity or legal person and thus not able to claim defamation.<ref>[http://www.5rb.com/case/north-london-central-mosque-trust-v-policy-exchange-anor/ North London Central Mosque Trust v Policy Exchange & Anor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706073515/http://www.5rb.com/case/north-london-central-mosque-trust-v-policy-exchange-anor/ |date=6 July 2017 }}, Reference [2009] EWHC 3311 (QB), Court Queen's Bench Division, 29 November 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/eady-mosque-charitable-trust-cant-sue-for-libel/ Eady: Mosque charitable trust can't sue for libel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804221449/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/eady-mosque-charitable-trust-cant-sue-for-libel/ |date=4 August 2017 }}, ''Press Gazette'', 22 December 2009</ref><ref>[http://opus.bath.ac.uk/30483/1/SpinwatchReport_ColdWar.pdf Mills, Tom, Tom Griffin, and David Miller. "The Cold War on British Muslims: An Examination of Policy Exchange and the Centre for Social Cohesion."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804220906/http://opus.bath.ac.uk/30483/1/SpinwatchReport_ColdWar.pdf |date=4 August 2017 }} (2011). pages 40-42</ref> Subsequent action by the mosque and its trustees was settled out of court, with the mosque paying some of Policy Exchange's legal fees and with Policy Exchange, while neither retracting nor apologising for their claim of sale, stating that they "never sought to suggest that the literature cited in the Report was sold or distributed at the mosque with the knowledge or consent of the Mosque's trustees or staff."; both sides claimed the settlement as a victory.<ref name="fiftynine">{{cite web |url=http://nlcentralmosque.com/component/content/article/1-latest/220-policy-exchange-admits-nlcm-clear-of-any-wrong-doing.html |title=Policy Exchange admits NLCM clear of any wrong-doing |publisher=Nlcentralmosque.com |access-date=2014-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012145848/http://nlcentralmosque.com/component/content/article/1-latest/220-policy-exchange-admits-nlcm-clear-of-any-wrong-doing.html |archive-date=2014-10-12 }}</ref><ref name="sixty">[http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/news/news.cgi?id=1603 North London Central Mosque's case against Policy Exchange ends. Mosque's appeal dismissed. Statement agreed.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716140210/http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/news/news.cgi?id=1603 |date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>