Imam Shoaib issues a public statement to the press in the wake of the arrest of Wahid Zaman, who attended the Masjid E-Umer mosque on Queen's Road, Walthamstow. Police were stationed on the road following a series of raids aimed at suspected Islamic extremists involved in an alleged bomb plot.
Wahid Zaman, whose house across the road was raided, later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a public nuisance in relation to a 'martyrdom' video he had recorded. The jury failed to reach a verdict on more serious charges of conspiracy to murder.