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Lewisham mosque handed Charity Commission warning

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The Jewish Chronicle reports the Charity Commission's official warning to Lewisham Islamic Centre and gives the mosque's response at length. Its headline, however, tells readers the warning was over 'antizionist' sermons, a reason the regulator never gave: the body itself says the commission did not specify which comments prompted the warning.

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    “over ‘inflammatory’ antizionist sermons”

    Why this matters
    The headline joins the commission's quoted word 'inflammatory' to the Jewish Chronicle's own label 'antizionist'. This presents anti-Zionism as the reason for the regulator's warning.
    The impression it gives
    A reader believes the Charity Commission warned the mosque because its sermons were anti-Zionist.
    The context
    The body says the commission did not specify which comments prompted the warning. The regulator's stated grounds were content that was 'inflammatory, divisive, and not in the Charity's best interests' and failures over risk assessment and speaker policies. Other coverage reports the finding was 'connected, but not limited to' two sermons and also took other events into account. 'Antizionist' is the outlet's description, not the regulator's.

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