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British media: Intruders of the Azerbaijani embassy are members of the radical religious group "The Mahdi Servants Union"

05 August 2022 00:15 (UTC +04:00)

The embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was stormed by a gang of radical religious group, APA’s Britain bureau reports citing Metro.

Those who took over the embassy of Azerbaijan in Britain are members of the radical religious group called "The Mahdi Servants Union".

According to the publication, it is a Shia Muslim organisation based in London which says it wants to establish ‘civilisational dominance’ on its website.

It was noted that the leader of the group is Yasser Al-Habib. Footage on social media showed men waving flags from the balcony of the country’s base in Kensington.

Its leader is a controversial cleric whose film The Lady Of Heaven had to be pulled from UK cinemas earlier this year after protests from some Sunni Muslims offended by its interpretation of Islamic history.

At the same time, it was emphasized in the report that the leader of the organization, Yasir Al-Habib, is a controversial cleric whose film The Lady Of Heaven had to be pulled from UK cinemas earlier this year after protests from some Sunni Muslims offended by its interpretation of Islamic history.