article_snippet.sent: Abdul Hadi Arwani was a preacher at the An Noor mosque and cultural centre in west London .
article_snippet.sent: the dictator was apparently forced to flee the dictator home country after the dictator was caught taking photographs in the town of Hama, which was devastated by a government massacre in 1982.
article_snippet.sent: An Noor has been linked with extremism after a number of radical preachers were invited to speak there, but friends of Abdul Hadi Arwani have insisted that An Noor held moderate and pro-Western views.
highlights_snippet.sent: Imam was a fervent opponent of the Assad regime in Imam native Syria .
  