The Charity Commission is examining British mosques after they hosted pro-Hamas hate preachers, The Telegraph can disclose.

This newspaper has obtained eight sermons from figures at mosques across the country, including in London, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester, all of which are linked to registered charities receiving taxpayers’ money.

The speeches, all made since the proscribed terror group Hamas invaded Israel on Oct 7, include calls to “destroy” Israelis and to “come and kill” Jewish people.

Now, the Charity Commission has confirmed it is “assessing” the talks for any potential regulatory action, after nine groups, including the Campaign Against Antisemitism, wrote to Helen Stephenson, the regulator’s chief, to raise whether they should be stripped of their charitable status.

Academics compiled a dossier of sermons at British mosques, which are being reported to the police, and shared it with The Telegraph earlier this week.

It can be revealed that at the Mohammadi Masjid in Birmingham, preacher Abu Ibraheem Hussnayn told worshippers on Oct 20: “Oh Muslim, behind me is a Jew, come and kill him. These times are coming.”

The mosque is linked to the Mohammadi Trust Birmingham, which has been awarded more than £10,000 in government grants in the last two financial years.

Become ‘conquerors, not subjects’

Meanwhile, a preacher at the Feltham Hira Centre in west London, prayed with his congregation to become “conquerors, not as subjects” after calling to “destroy the oppressors”, despite the centre receiving £10,000 in income from government grants between 2019 and 2020.

At the Abdullah Quilliam Society in Liverpool, Haroon Hanif told worshippers that “any Muslim who thinks the Palestinians are terrorists... you need to question your Iman” and “no British Army can overpower you”. He said Muslims should “continue waging your war for Allah and his messenger, don’t back down”.

‘Spit in the direction of Israel’

He added: “We’re large in numbers right now, two billion. If the two billion just marched on Israel it’s all over, if they spat in the direction of Israel, it’s all over.”

The charity’s stated purpose is “to promote correct knowledge and understanding of Islam and its true spirit faith for the benefit of all” and it has received £8,670 in government grants.

The sermons have caused outrage and piled pressure on the charities’ regulator to act.

‘Incitements to violence’

The campaigners who wrote to the Charity Commission on Thursday said: “We urge the Commission to launch an urgent investigation into the charities, with a view to taking further regulatory action, and to make a public statement reconfirming that the Commission will have no tolerance for Islamist extremism, including anti-Semitism, incitements to violence and the glorification of terrorism.”

In a response seen by The Telegraph on Friday, Stephen Roake, the watchdog’s head of compliance visits and inspections, said: “The Commission acknowledges the concerns that you have raised about the charities. I can confirm that we are currently assessing all of the information available to us, in order to determine what regulatory action, if any, may be required for each of the charities identified.”

He added that some of the allegations raised “may constitute a criminal offence and you should report any such concerns to the police”.

‘Victory for the mujahideen’

Other examples seen by this newspaper include a preacher at Cheadle Mosque in Manchester, another charity, praying for the victory of the “mujahideen” in the Palestinian territories, while another sermon hosted by in a council library in Redbridge, north-east London, demanded “victory for the believers”.

At the Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham, another registered British charity, Zakaullah Saleem told the congregation to pray for Allah to “destroy all those oppressing our brothers and sisters in Gaza”, despite the mosque’s charitable objective being to “advance the Islamic faith for the public benefit”.

Signatories of the letter to the Charity Commission include Gideon Falter, chief executive of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, Maryam Namazie from the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, the National Secular Society, the security think tank Civitas, the anti-racism group Don’t Divide Us, the Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation, Professor Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist, Toby Young, the free speech campaigner, and Dr Benjamin Jones of the University of Warwick.

The regulator’s guidance says trustees should be alert to the dangers of “extremist ideology” or “extremist views”, and must ensure charities do not “promote unlawful guidance or hatred on the grounds of race, religion or sexual orientation” or “glorify terrorism”.

A Charity Commission spokesman said: “Concerns have been raised with us regarding activities linked to a number of charities. We are currently considering the information provided to inform our next steps.”

All of the mosques mentioned have been contacted for comment.