A Manchester mosque praised by Andy Burnham held a funeral for a Taliban fighter convicted of terror offences.
The Prime Minister visited the Manchester Central Mosque in February, when he was mayor of the city, and shared an Iftar meal with worshippers at the mosque.
On Wednesday the mosque held a funeral for Munir Farooqi, a terrorist who ran a ‘recruitment centre’ to persuade homegrown British extremists to ‘fight, kill and die’ in Afghanistan.
Farooqi, who fought for the Taliban following the September 11 attack before returning to Manchester, was given four life sentences in 2011 for preparing terrorist acts, soliciting murder and
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