London tube ad featuring cleric who called gay people ‘filthy’ and ‘worse than animals’ removed

London Underground advertisements featuring Muslim cleric Ismail ibn Musa Menk – commonly known as Mufti Menk – have been removed after an investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

The six ads promoted Wahed, an online investment platform for those of Islamic faith, and featured Zimbabwean Islamic speaker Ismail ibn Musa ‘Mufti’ Menk – who previously described gay people as “worse than animals” – as well as Russian former Ultimate Fighting Championship star Khabib Nurmagomedov.

Displayed across the London Underground and bus network, the ads showed the two men surrounded by flaming banknotes with the words “Join the Money Revolution” located next to Wahed’s logo.

In October, TfL and London mayor Sadiq Khan came under fire for the ads because of Mufti Menk’s inclusion and the imagery of burning banknotes belonging

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