By Terri-ann Williams For Mailonline
Published: 18:19 GMT, 19 March 2019 | Updated: 18:19 GMT, 19 March 2019
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The hero imam who saved the Finsbury Park attacker from an angry crowd has been spat on and called 'despicable' after leaving a London mosque meeting which had been promoting unity after the New Zealand attack.
Imam Mohammed Mahmoud claims he was called 'despicable' and a 's***hole' by a man on a bus and that he was spat at by a cyclist after making his way home from a meeting with religious leaders, London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the Home Secretary.
They had been attending the event in Regent's Park Mosque yesterday in order to promote inclusion and tolerance.
They had also heard Mr Javid pledge to do all in his power to protect Muslims in this country from growing violence and aggression.
Imam Mohammed Mahmoud (pictured centre) had previously stopped any retaliation following the Finsbury Park mosque attack in 2017
Imam Mahmoud had previously been praised for calming fellow Muslims and preventing retaliation after far-right terrorist Darren Osbourne attacked worshippers in 2017.
Mr Mahmoud said he and a 'group of brothers' had managed to 'extinguish any flames of mob rule' as members of the public attempted to hurt the alleged terrorist 'from every angle' following the Finsbury Park attack.
He highlighted that the event at Regent's Park had been 'important and beautiful'.
However, speaking to the Evening Standard he said what he experienced on the way home showed the continuous threats which are posed to Muslims in the UK.
This is the moment Finsbury Park Imam Mohammed Mahmoud (pictured centre in white) held down the man accused of launching a terror attack
He said he had been subjected to 'Islamaphobic abuse' in two separate incidents on his way home from the event.
He said: 'The first was on public transport on my route home.
'A middle aged
