Over film protests, the Imam was removed as a government adviser

• Qari Asim, 44, was removed from his role as an Islamophobia consultant.
• He backed calls for a film about the Prophet Mohammed’s daughter to be banned.
• The Lady of Heaven was shown in cinemas across the UK after protests against its content.

After supporting requests to ban a film about the Prophet Mohammed’s daughter, an imam was fired as a government consultant. After protests against the film The Lady of Heaven, Qari Asim, 44; was fired from his job as an Islamophobia consultant. According to the government, he was barred from continuing because he supported a campaign “to curb free expression.”

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In 2012, Mr Asim was awarded an MBE for his work in promoting “community peace” in Leeds. Following protests outside a number of cinemas, Cineworld announced; that all UK showing of the film will be cancelled. Mr Asim, the imam of Leeds’ Makkah Masjid mosque, was notified by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing & Communities that his position as deputy head of the government’s Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group would have to cease in a letter.

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