Unmasked : Jihadi John has been identified as Mohammed Emwazi . A charity that funded the human rights group which described Jihadi John as a ‘ beautiful young man ’ has been forced to halt further donations . The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust had made six-figure donations to Cage , but links with the ‘ warped ’ campaign group prompted outrage from Westminster and the threat of a Charity Commission inquiry . The Mail has also highlighted criticism of Cage and its pronouncements about Jihadi John , identified as Mohammed Emwazi , for the past week . Last night the Rowntree trust reluctantly agreed to stop bankrolling Cage after officials at the Charity Commission – furious over Cage ’ s support for the IS killer – threatened a statutory inquiry into its leadership if it refused to give ‘ unequivocal assurances ’ it would withdraw funding . Cage caused outrage last week over its attempts to justify the killings meted out by Kuwaiti-born Briton Emwazi , because he had claimed to have been harassed by MI5 . The campaign group gave an extraordinary press briefing about Emwazi – carried live at length on the BBC and Sky – after he was identified as the man behind the mask of Jihadi John . Asim Qureshi , its research director , described one of the world ’ s most wanted terrorists as a ‘ beautiful young man ’ , ‘ extremely gentle ’ and ‘ the most humble young person that I ever knew ’ . The 32-year-old blamed British security services for Emwazi ’ s radicalisation , saying he had tried to fit in but had been made to feel like an ‘ outsider ’ . And on Thursday night , Qureshi was a guest on BBC1 ’ s This Week , which appeared to expose him as a cheerleader for jihad . Scroll down for video . When presenter Andrew Neil confronted him with a previous interview in which he had appeared to support executing adulterers by stoning , he refused to give a straight confirmation or denial , instead repeatedly stating : ‘ I ’ m not a theologian. ’ Cage has been propped up largely by grants from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust since 2007 , making a combined total of £305,000 . The trust said its last grant payment to Cage was in January 2014 . A separate charity , The Roddick Foundation , has also handed over £120,000 to Cage . The Charity Commission wrote to the Rowntree and Roddick charities on Monday , giving them 24 hours to give unambiguous assurances they would stop funding Cage . 'Warped ' Cage 's research director Asim Qureshi ( left ) at a press conference about Jihadi John last week . While officials at Roddick gave ‘ immediate ’ guarantees they would pull the plug , the Rowntree charity dragged its heels and agreed to stop funding Cage only after the Charity Commission threatened to launch an inquiry into how it is run . A source said Rowntree complained of ‘ unprecedented regulatory pressure ’ when they eventually backed down . The source added : ‘ Very reluctantly , and with very little grace , Rowntree caved in at the 11th hour . It is extraordinary how they dithered over whether Cage was a suitable organisation to fund. ’ The Charity Commission started investigating both the Rowntree and Roddick charities over their funding of Cage in 2013 . Much of the rest of its income comes from cash donations from Muslims . Last week Lord Carlile , a former independent reviewer of anti-terrorism legislation , said : ‘ Cage is an organisation with a warped view . No sensible person should be funding it. ’ Sources at the Charity Commission believe officials at Rowntree may have been ‘ duped ’ when they agreed to support Cage . The Mail has highlighted criticism of Cage and its pronouncements about Jihadi John , identified as Mohammed Emwazi , for the past week . In a statement Rowntree said : ‘ In the last week we have been put under intense regulatory pressure to rule out any future funding of Cage . ‘ In the light of regulatory pressure , and to protect the interests of all our grantees and the other work of the Trust , we have decided to confirm we will not fund Cage either now or in the future. ’ A Charity Commission spokesman said : ‘ Statements by Cage officials heightened concerns about the use of charitable funds to support their activities . In these circumstances , [ we ] required unequivocal assurances from the two charities that they have ceased funding Cage and had no intention of doing so in the future . We are glad both The Roddick Foundation and The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust have ceased funding Cage. ’ A Cage spokesman said last night : ‘ We respect their decision . We thank them for their past support . ‘ Both of these charities have played a significant role in contributing to the development of Muslim civil society here in the UK . ’
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust had made six-figure donations to Cage . But links with the campaign group prompted outrage from Westminster . The Mail highlighted criticism of Cage and its statements about Jihadi John . The Rowntree trust has now reluctantly agreed to stop bankrolling Cage . Officials at Charity Commission threatened an inquiry into its leadership if it refused to give ‘ unequivocal assurances ’ it would withdraw funding .