Mosque praised by Andy Burnham just held terrorist's funeral

A Manchester mosque praised a funeral for a Taliban fighter convicted of terror offences. The Prime Minister visited the Manchester Central Mosque in February, when he was mayor of the city, and shared an Iftar meal with worshippers at the mosque. On Wednesday the mosque held a funeral for Munir Farooqi, a terrorist who ran a 'recruitment centre' to persuade homegrown British extremists to 'fight, kill and die' in Afghanistan. Farooqi, who fought for the Taliban following the September 11 attack before returning to Manchester, was given four life sentences in 2011 for preparing terrorist acts, soliciting murder and disseminating terror literature. The Pakistan-born extremist died in prison at the end of September aged 69. Footage seen , or Muslim funeral, on September 30. More than 100 people reportedly attended the funeral, including his family which still 'considers him a martyr who died doing what he loved', according to hardline Islamist news outlet 5Pillars. Mr Burnham visited the mosque in February and shared an Iftar, or fast-breaking Ramadan evening meal, with members of the local Muslim community. He was also joined , as well as the now Mayor of Greater Manchester Bev Craig and Labour's candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election, which the party lost to the Greens.