article_snippet.sent: Pictured Sufyan Ismail .
article_snippet.sent: Muslim Engagement and Development (Mend) was said to have boasted that A Muslim group with links to extremists can act as 'kingmakers' when the country goes to the polls.
article_snippet.sent: Pictured Sufyan Ismail, Mend's chief executive, was said to have claimed to be able to influence up to 30 seats during a talk at the Zakariyya Central Mosque in Bolton.
article_snippet.sent: A Muslim group with links to extremists's 48 page manifesto does not make mention of wanting to let British Muslims fight in Syria.
article_snippet.sent: Azad Ali, who has supported the killing of British soldiers, is Mend's director of engagement.
article_snippet.sent: It is also reportedly linked to extremist Abu Eesa Niamatullah and promotes hate preacher
highlights_snippet.sent: Muslim Engagement and Development (Mend) has made the claims .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Mend is said to have links to a number of extremists .