9 Jun 2014

Spooks at mosques

8:42 am on 9 June 2014

Worshippers at the Invercargill Mosque say they're being watched by undercover Security Intelligence Service agents, Radio New Zealand reports.

Prime Minister John Key has confirmed mosques around the country are being monitored, after a New Zealand Muslim was killed by a US drone strike in Yemen last year.

Southland Muslim Association president Reza Abdul Jabbar said he was aware of SIS personnel, who look like normal Muslim worshippers, coming into the mosque.

Jabbar said it was very difficult to work out who the SIS are, because the mosque has an open door policy, but he was not worried as there were no activities in his mosque to be concerned about.

He said visitors from all over the world come to the mosque.