sentences:  Husain later drifted away from his parents' teachings, and, at the age of sixteen, was encouraged by a friend to attend classes at the East London Mosque, and later joined the Young Muslim Organisation (YMO), part of the Islamic Forum Europe.This organisation was highly influenced by the writings of Syed Qutb, a radical member of the Muslim Brotherhood.At Tower Hamlets College in Poplar, he was heavily involved in YMO activism.