Letter of the week: I left Hartlepool's Nasir Mosque a better and more enlightened person

Having read (Mail, June 13) how a visit for schoolchildren to Hartlepool's Nasir Mosque in Brougham Terrace was cancelled, due to recent terrorist events in London and Manchester, I wish to make comment about my own visit there on April 28.
Left, Bilal Atkinson, who is the regional president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK, which runs the Nasir Mosque, at a meeting of religious leaders.Left, Bilal Atkinson, who is the regional president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK, which runs the Nasir Mosque, at a meeting of religious leaders.
Left, Bilal Atkinson, who is the regional president of Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK, which runs the Nasir Mosque, at a meeting of religious leaders.

I went along in trepidation and with questions which I needed to ask.

The welcome into the mosque was so inviting, I did ask my challenging questions and I did get answers.

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The real meaning of the words “Jihad Akbar” was explained to me (Jihad Akbar – to purify oneself and to fight against the devil inside you).

I could clearly see the kindness of the people around me and that the so-called jihadi terrorists are demented people in the minority, who have clearly lost the plot.

I left the Nasir Mosque a better and more enlightened person and recommend taking advantage of any future opportunities to visit.

Denise Watson,

Palmer Street,

South Hetton.