The imam killed because he wasn't 'Muslim enough'
Dominic Casciani Home affairs correspondent
16 September 2016
From the section UK
Image caption Amulet: Given out in spiritual healing sessions by the imam who was later murdered
On Friday a jury at Manchester Crown Court found Mohammed Syeedy guilty of murdering a 71-year-old imam - because he wasn't Muslim enough.
This is not just a crime that shocked the Muslim community in Rochdale where Jalal Uddin was bludgeoned to death.
It's also the second in less than a year in which one Muslim has killed another for not being Muslim enough - a form of sectarianism that we haven't really noticed in the UK.
Syeedy drove the getaway care for his alleged accomplice, Mohammed Kadir, who the trial heard had wielded the hammer in a children's park. Mr Kadir fled the UK to Turkey - and is now probably in Syria.
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