Timothy Weeks opens Taliban mosque
- 2 years ago
Wagga Academic Timothy Weeks at the opening of a new "Al Fath" mosque at the Afghan Ministry of Interior with Taliban acting Interior Minister, Khalifa Sahib Sirajuddin Haqqani
The video depicts Mr Weeks helping to cut the ribbon to open a new "Al Fath" mosque at the Afghan Ministry of Interior with Taliban acting Interior Minister, Khalifa Sahib Sirajuddin Haqqani.
"I know that prayer brings me great peace, so now we have a place in the Ministry to come and to pray and for this we should be thankful to Allah," Mr Weeks said at the mosque's opening.
Al Fath means "victory" in Arabic and the mosque was built using more than $280,000 of Mr Haqqani's funds as his personal tribute to Allah.
Mr Haqqani has been accused of sheltering Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was killed by a US airstrike this month, and he appears on the FBI's most wanted list for terrorism with a $10 million reward for information leading to capture.
Video: Ministry of Interior Afghanistan
The video depicts Mr Weeks helping to cut the ribbon to open a new "Al Fath" mosque at the Afghan Ministry of Interior with Taliban acting Interior Minister, Khalifa Sahib Sirajuddin Haqqani.
"I know that prayer brings me great peace, so now we have a place in the Ministry to come and to pray and for this we should be thankful to Allah," Mr Weeks said at the mosque's opening.
Al Fath means "victory" in Arabic and the mosque was built using more than $280,000 of Mr Haqqani's funds as his personal tribute to Allah.
Mr Haqqani has been accused of sheltering Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was killed by a US airstrike this month, and he appears on the FBI's most wanted list for terrorism with a $10 million reward for information leading to capture.
Video: Ministry of Interior Afghanistan