A mosque which hosted a cleric who prayed for defeat of ‘usurping Jews’ and 'celebrated' the October 7 attacks is to convert a luxury home into a new venue. The Darul Ihsaan mosque, in Barking, East London, has been granted permission by a Labour council to turn the £1m house with a swimming pool into a new place of worship and community ‘wellbeing’ facility. As well as housing a mosque, it will include a gym, creche, adults and children’s education classes, as well as a ‘mental health hub with health services and volunteering opportunities’. The facility, in a residential street,...