article_snippet.sent: Mr Arwani was a preacher at the An-Noor Mosque (pictured) in Acton, West London, which has a reputation for hosting fundamentalist speakers .
article_snippet.sent: Mr Arwani was an imam at the An-Noor Mosque in Acton, West London, but was forced to step down last year over reports Mr Arwani was repeatedly linked with extremists.
article_snippet.sent: Some speculated that Mr Arwani may have been killed in a hit from the Assad regime or because of a disagreement over management of the west London mosque.
article_snippet.sent: But Haras Rafiq, managing director of anti-extremist think-tank the Quilliam Foundation, said it was too early to start speculating about why Mr Arwani was killed.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Arwani, who was just 16 at the time, said that Mr Arwani took a series of photographs chronicling the damage done to mosques and houses in White City, and was sentenced to death by the authorities for it. '
article_snippet.sent: The An-Noor Mosque, where Mr Arwani used to be one of the main imams, has a reputation for hosting fundamentalist speakers.
article_snippet.sent: Other extremists linked to the mosque include Uthman Mustafa Kamal, the son of hate preacher Abu Hamza, who has regularly led prayers at An-Noor.
article_snippet.sent: Some friends of Mr Arwani said that Mr Arwani had left the mosque after a dispute about money, despite reports that Mr Arwani departure was linked to extremism .
article_snippet.sent: Anas Qamar, another Syrian exile, said that Mr Arwani had been involved in a High Court battle over the mosque's finances when one of the trustees allegedly embezzled money from worshippers. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Abdul Hadi Arwani  was a preacher at  London mosque with extremist links .