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===2014β2016: Incidents=== [[File:Finsbury Park Mosque 1.jpg|thumb|Prayers at the mosque in 2008]] In 2014, HSBC Bank closed Finsbury Park Mosque's bank account, and the mosque, unable to open an account with any other high street banks, was forced to turn to a small Islamic bank. The closure was prompted by information in [[World-Check]], a confidential database owned by [[Thomson Reuters]], about reported links to terrorism before 2005 as well as the purported [[Muslim Brotherhood]] links of a current mosque trustee.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33677946 'Why did HSBC shut down bank accounts?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803101519/https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33677946 |date=3 August 2018 }}', BBC, 28 July 2005</ref> In response, the mosque filed a legal case against Thomson Reuters, which was settled in 2017, with Reuters agreeing to issue an apology and pay damages.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/01/finsbury-park-mosque-wins-apology-and-damages-from-reuters | first = Harriet | last = Sherwood | work = [[The Guardian]] | date = 1 February 2017 | title = Finsbury Park mosque wins apology and damages from Thomson Reuters | access-date = 16 May 2017 | archive-date = 21 March 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170321212307/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/01/finsbury-park-mosque-wins-apology-and-damages-from-reuters | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/30/hsbc-shuts-accounts-muslim-organisations-finsbury-park-mosque |title=HSBC shuts accounts of Muslim organisations, including Finsbury Park mosque |first=Haroon |last=Siddique |work=The Guardian |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-date=2 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202232453/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/30/hsbc-shuts-accounts-muslim-organisations-finsbury-park-mosque |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2014, police arrived at the mosque after a dispute between an [[Al Arabiya]] reporter and the mosque's manager. Both men called the police. The mosque manager claimed that the reporter was engaged in "malicious journalism," while the reporter claimed that he was detained by the manager until the police arrived 30 minutes later.<ref>[http://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/print/2014/08/24/Locked-up-Finsbury-Park-Mosque-detains-journalist-after-tricky-questions.html 'Locked up: Finsbury Park Mosque detains journalist after tricky questions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627124321/http://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/print/2014/08/24/Locked-up-Finsbury-Park-Mosque-detains-journalist-after-tricky-questions.html |date=27 June 2018 }}', ''Al-Arabiya'', August 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/crime-court/boss-of-finsbury-park-mosque-hits-back-at-imprisonment-claims-1-3746342 'Boss of Finsbury Park mosque hits back at imprisonment claims'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130124511/https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/crime-court/boss-of-finsbury-park-mosque-hits-back-at-imprisonment-claims-1-3746342 |date=30 November 2018 }}, ''The Islington Gazette'', August 2014.</ref> In January 2015, after the [[Charlie Hebdo shooting]], the mosque's "former links with radical preachers resurfaced after the Paris attacks as it was alleged that the Charlie Hebdo gunmen were followers of [[Djamel Beghal]], a radical preacher based there in the late 1990s."<ref name="Dearden">Lizzie Dearden, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-mosques-sent-death-threats-and-prophet-mohamed-drawings-after-charlie-hebdo-attack-9985127.html 'London mosques receive death threats and Prophet Mohamed drawings after Charlie Hebdo attack'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503064743/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-mosques-sent-death-threats-and-prophet-mohamed-drawings-after-charlie-hebdo-attack-9985127.html |date=3 May 2017 }}, ''The Independent'', January 2015.</ref> The mosque received death threats and [[hate mail]].<ref name="Dearden"/><ref>Hind Hassan, [http://news.sky.com/story/death-threats-received-at-london-mosque-10375042 'Death Threats Received At London Mosque'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130122213/https://news.sky.com/story/death-threats-received-at-london-mosque-10375042 |date=30 November 2018 }}, Sky News, January 2015.</ref> In November 2015, following a mail threat, a man attempted to set fire to the mosque,<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/29/north-london-mosque-targeted-in-suspected-arson-attack 'Finsbury Park mosque targeted in suspected arson attack'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207162103/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/29/north-london-mosque-targeted-in-suspected-arson-attack |date=7 February 2017 }}, ''The Guardian'', November 2015.</ref> an attack that reportedly failed because of heavy rain.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-34957358 "Finsbury Park Mosque: Rain 'saved us from arson attack'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317013002/http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-34957358 |date=17 March 2018 }}, BBC, November 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/attempt-burn-down-prominent-london-mosque-terrorist-attack-says-community-leader-1389225055 "Attempt to burn down prominent London mosque a 'terrorist attack'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517235044/http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/attempt-burn-down-prominent-london-mosque-terrorist-attack-says-community-leader-1389225055 |date=17 May 2018 }}, ''The Middle East Eye'', November 2015.</ref> In July 2016, a man threw rotten pork meat at the mosque.<ref>[http://www.newsweek.com/man-throws-rotten-pork-meat-mosque-post-brexit-hate-crime-477449 'Man throws rotten pork meat at mosque in hate crime'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620021452/http://www.newsweek.com/man-throws-rotten-pork-meat-mosque-post-brexit-hate-crime-477449 |date=20 June 2017 }}, ''Newsweek'', April 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-hunt-man-after-rotten-meat-thrown-at-finsbury-park-mosque-in-hate-crime-a3286961.html "Police hunt man after rotten meat thrown at Finsbury Park mosque in 'hate crime'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226133226/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/police-hunt-man-after-rotten-meat-thrown-at-finsbury-park-mosque-in-hate-crime-a3286961.html |date=26 December 2018 }}", ''The Independent'', July 2016.</ref>
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