Al-Fourqaan mosque

Coordinates: 51°27′12″N 5°28′09″E / 51.453429°N 5.469222°E / 51.453429; 5.469222 The Al-Fourqaan mosque is a salafi Islamic mosque in which is part of Al-fourqaan Islamic Center in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

The mosque received media attention since 2005 for its jihadist imam Eisha Bersham from Bosnia. Intelligence service AIVD classified him as a threat to national security, and minister for integration and immigration Rita Verdonk responded by banning him from the country as an 'unwanted foreigner'.[1] Initially an Amsterdam court ruled that the imam could stay,[2] but on 27 April 2007 the Council of State finally ruled Bersham would be banned from the Netherlands for the next ten years.[3][4]

Two other men regularly prayed in the Al-Fourqaan mosque; Ahmed El Bakiouli and Khalid El Hassnoui. They were reportedly recruited by Algerian terrorist group Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat to fight in the holy war. They were both killed in Kashmir (India) where Muslims have been fighting a separatist war.[5]

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