In 2014, HSBC bank closed Finsbury Park Mosque's bank account, and the mosque was unable to open an account with another high street bank being forced to turn to a small Islamic Bank.
The closure was prompted by information in World-Check, a confidential database owned by Thomson Reuters, that was due to reported links to terrorism before 2005 as well as purported Muslim Brotherhood links of a current mosque trustee.
In response the mosque filed a legal case against Thomson Reuters, which was settled in 2017, with Reuters agreeing to issue an apology and pay damages.

In August 2014, police arrived at the mosque after a dispute between an Al Arabiya reporter and the mosque's manager.
Both men called the police: the mosque manager claimed the reporter was engaged in "malicious journalism", while the reporter claimed he was detained by the manager until the police arrived (30 minutes).

In January 2015, after the Charlie Hebdo shooting, the mosque's "former links with radical preachers resurfaced after the Paris attacks as it was alleged that the Charlie Hebdo gunmen were followers of Djamel Beghal, a radical preacher based there in the late 1990s."
The mosque received death threats and hate mail.
In November 2015, following a mail threat, a man attempted to set fire to the mosque, an attack which reportedly failed due to heavy rain.
In July 2016, a man threw rotten pork meat at the mosque.
In 2014, HSBC bank closed Finsbury Park Mosque's bank account, and the mosque was unable to open an account with another high street bank being forced to turn to a small Islamic Bank. The closure was prompted by information in World-Check, a confidential database owned by Thomson Reuters, that was due to reported links to terrorism before 2005 as well as purported Muslim Brotherhood links of a current mosque trustee. In response the mosque filed a legal case against Thomson Reuters, which was settled in 2017, with Reuters agreeing to issue an apology and pay damages.
In August 2014, police arrived at the mosque after a dispute between an Al Arabiya reporter and the mosque's manager. Both men called the police: the mosque manager claimed the reporter was engaged in "malicious journalism", while the reporter claimed he was detained by the manager until the police arrived (30 minutes).
In January 2015, after the Charlie Hebdo shooting, the mosque's "former links with radical preachers resurfaced after the Paris attacks as it was alleged that the Charlie Hebdo gunmen were followers of Djamel Beghal, a radical preacher based there in the late 1990s." The mosque received death threats and hate mail. In November 2015, following a mail threat, a man attempted to set fire to the mosque, an attack which reportedly failed due to heavy rain. In July 2016, a man threw rotten pork meat at the mosque.
Finsbury Park Mosque