The Hamara Youth Access Point (Hyap) is a drop-in centre for teens in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, operated by the Hamara Healthy Living Centre, an Islamic charity partly funded by the UK government. The drop-in centre was frequented by several of the suspects in the 7 July 2005 London bombings.
2005 controversy
editIn 2005, police searched the premises and confiscated items such as computer hard drives for forensic investigation [1] Both Shehzad Tanweer, 22, and Hasib Hussain, 19, who have since been proven to be suicide bombers, frequented Hyap, according to police.[2] The Leeds teacher Mohammed Sadique Khan, 30, also identified by police as a suicide bomber, acted as a mentor to youths at the centre.[citation needed]
The centre is directly across the street from a mosque,[where?] and it is said that a request that Khan and others should stop having political activities in the mosque, including community meetings opposed to UK policy in Iraq, but they then moved them to the centre.[citation needed]
The Hyap's status permitted it to apply for grants from the UK government for various program monies totalling more than £1 million.[3]
References
edit- ^ Campbell, Duncan; Norton-Taylor, Richard (15 July 2005). "London bomb net widens". theguardian.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ Laville, Sandra; Gillan, Audrey; Aslam, Dilpazier (14 July 2005). "'Father figure' inspired young bombers". theguardian.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ Jonathan Petre, Nick Britten and Paul Stokes (15 July 2005). "Bomb experts search youth centre where terrorists hatched their plot". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- Jenkins, Russell (16 July 2005). "Killers may have been recruited at youth centre". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011.
- Armstrong, Jeremy (19 July 2005). "Propaganda shop -- funded by lottery cash". The Mirror. Archived from the original on 26 November 2005.