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Think tank 'to be sued for mosque study'
Nicholas Cecil, Chief Political Correspondent15.08.08
A think tank close to David Cameron faced claims today that it could be sued over a report on mosques.
Policy Exchange was engulfed in a row after BBC2's Newsnight programme last year questioned a study it had done which alleged that extremist literature was being sold in many mosques across Britain. The BBC highlighted apparent discrepancies in receipts for radical literature.
The Al-Manaar Muslim Cultural Heritage Centre in west London is to sue the think tank, according to The Independent.
Its director Abdulkarim Khalil said last night: "This report has been very widely read. We're determined to clear our name."
Policy Exchange defended its report.
