Faith "healer" killed in Whitechapel

46-year-old Islamic faith “healer”, Zakariyya Islam, was stabbed to death at Ruqya Therapy Centre's base, a spiritual centre in Whitechapel, East London, on Monday 14^th September 2015. It is said that he was killed for treating black magic and demonic possession. The attack took place at 6:30pm.

The police and paramedics had rushed to the scene to save the father-of-three, however, after several attempts to save him, he was pronounced dead.

At the scene, a 43-year-old man was arrested in suspicion of murder. He was taken to hospital for hand injuries and was questioned by detectives on the following day.

Zakariyya Islam was the co-founder of the Ruqya Centre, and had been treated people who believed they were possessed by black magic, “jinns” or spirits, for more than 10 years.

Scotland Yard has said that they are not searching for anyone else in connection to this killing. They have also stated that a post mortem will be taking place soon.