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ITV News exclusive: The extremists in Jihadi John's British terror cell

The ISIS execution gang fronted by 'Jihadi John' contained two other British extremists who learned radical Islam together in London, ITV News can reveal.

Until now the identities of Emwazi's masked associates have not been known - but they can now be named as Londoners Alexe Kotey and Aine Davis.

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Mosque attended by British terror cell condemns extremism

A west London mosque attended by Mohammed Emwazi, dubbed Jihadi John, and two members of his British terror cell has condemned their actions.

Islamic State militants Aine Davis and Alexe Kotey, named exclusively by ITV News, attended London’s Al-Manaar mosque with Emwazi, where they were marginalised for extremist views.

In a statement, the director of the mosque Saleha Islam stressed that she was "fully committed to ensuring that our children are not groomed and radicalised".

We are aware that certain people have joined ISIS who live in the area of Ladbroke Grove, we have always condemned the actions of these extremists and will continue to do so.

Al Manaar is a centre where we have up to 3000 people attending every week, it is not a membership club and anyone can come and pray. The suggestion that the mosque has radicalised young men shows how ignorant people are of Islam and how mosques work.

We regularly hold workshops and conferences to guide our youth and community and are committed to ensuring that they have access to the real teaching of Islam.

– Saleha Islam, Director AL Manaar Mosque

In a statement on their website, the mosque added: "Mosques are not like Churches that cater for parishioners, instead it is a place for worship where people come to pray, what sort of ideas they have in their minds is something that we do not know of and we cannot control.

"Prophet Mohammed always taught us to be on the middle path and those who join ISIS and the like have no understanding of the faith and we do not support their ideology or actions."

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