The mosque has been criticised for associations with Islamism and extremism. Critics have pointed to a number of jihadists, who originated from the mosque, as well as to the mosque supervisor, Basim Ghozlan, who has tacitly supported the Muslim Brotherhood and failed to distance himself from the views of the likes of Yusuf al-Qaradawi. Former members of the mosque include; Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow, a perpetrator of the Kenyan Westgate shopping mall attack and a prolific user on a website hosted by the mosque, and Anders Cameroon Østensvig Dale, a Norwegian convert terrorist and the first Norwegian suicide bomber in Iraq. It is also well known for being the mosque in Norway that has housed the most Norwegian jihadists in Syria and Iraq. After being criticised for hosting hate preachers at conferences, the mosque has withdrawn its invitations to certain preachers.