What imam worked to release the hostage whose beheading was the fourth to be videotaped?
Shakeel Begg Shakeel Begg has been Imam at the influential Lewisham Islamic centre in London UK since 1998, and has played a prominent role in the UK Muslim community, and has been invited to speak at many Mosques and Islamic events, and been a spokesman for the Muslim community in many events and press releases: including high-profile attempts to secure the release by ISIS of British hostage Alan Henning.
Muhammad al-Asi Imam Muhammad al-Asi (Arabic: محمّد العاصي) is the imam who formerly led prayer at the Islamic Center of Washington, and currently spends most of his time teaching and working on the first Quranic exegesis to be written originally in English. Al-Asi was elected as the Imam of the masjid in 1981. In March 1983, al-Asi was expelled from the center for preaching views that were deemed antithetical to the Saudi establishment. Although he still identifies himself as Imam of the Islamic Center, the Center has stated that it has no affiliation with him. He still holds Jumu'ah khutbahs every Friday on the sidewalk in front of the Islamic Center.