Muslims reject leader’s claims extremism is rife

A NUMBER of mainstream Muslim organisations yesterday issued a joint statement condemning claims by a Muslim religious leader that extremism was rife among young Irish Muslims.

The bodies strongly criticised the media for publicising the views of Sheikh Dr Shaheed Satardien, who claimed that “fascist fanaticism and radicalism” was spreading rapidly among young Muslims here.

The west Dublin leader further claimed that preachers at the main mosques were stoking the extremism and that the Islamic bodies should be monitored by the State.