Rising Labour star Mohammed Pappu, 26, accused of spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories over social media and to children in troubled areas

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A rising Labour star has been accused of spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories over social media and to children in troubled communities.

Mohammed Pappu, 26, a newly elected councillor in the London borough of Tower Hamlets, was praised by Jeremy Corbyn last month for his party's help to create a 'fair, just and decent society'.

But The Times has revealed Mr Pappu shared messages over Facebook accusing Britain of attacking Syria 'to install a Rothschild bank' as well as sharing posts over the social media platform claiming that Israel had staged 9/11, the London bombings and the Paris terrorist attacks.

Mohammed Pappu (left) was elected councillor in London's Tower Hamlets. He was praised by Jeremy Corbyn last month for his party's help to create a 'fair, just and decent society'

Mr Pappu also reportedly uploaded a sermon in which he proclaimed The Smurfs and Hallowe'en were demonic and occult and should be avoided by Muslim families to protect themselves from 'the torment of Hell'.

He was placed by Labour in charge of governance scrutiny at a council, whose children's services have been formally rated as inadequate, and where four schoolgirls aged 15 and one aged 16 were radicalised into going to Syria in 2014 and 2015 to join Islamic State.

The role, which also included the position of vice-chairman of the grants scrutiny subcommittee, boosted his council income to £19,000.

Pappu shared messages accusing Britain of attacking Syria 'to install a Rothschild bank'

Mr Pappu resigned from his council posts yesterday and apologised unreservedly and referred himself to the authority's standards procedure after The Times confronted him.

He has also reportedly been suspended by the national party pending an investigation.

Mr Pappu is a trustee and former chairman of Soul (Social Organisation for Unity and Leisure), a charity that organises sports activities for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

He used his Facebook account until at least 2016 to provide updates on timings, cancellations, kick-offs and training for teams as young as under-tens.

Mr Pappu shared a photograph of President Assad of Syria and his wife, Asma, with a speech bubble where she appeared to say: 'Why does the West want to invade Syria?'

The charity has launched an immediate safeguarding review.

Mr Pappu was backed by the pro-Corbyn Momentum activist group and won the vote to become the black and ethnic minority officer for London Young Labour in February.

In a controversial post over Facebook, he shared a photograph of President Assad of Syria and his wife, Asma, with a speech bubble where she appeared to say: 'Why does the West want to invade Syria?'

Assad responded: 'To rob our oil, put in a puppet government and install a Rothschild bank!'

Mr Pappu shared the post in December 2016, five days after the RAF bombed Islamic State targets in Syria.

Peter Golds, leader of the Conservative opposition in Tower Hamlets, said that he was 'extremely shocked'.

John Biggs, the borough's elected Labour mayor, said: 'I'm very clear that these views are incompatible with being a Labour Party member,' he said.

'They fall far short of the standard we would expect from a Labour Party member and I am pleased the national party is taking action.'

Mr Pappu appears to have deleted his Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Mr Pappu told The Times: ' I apologise unreservedly for having shared these posts. I regret having done so and they absolutely do not reflect my views.

They were posts which I shared at a time when I was developing my political ideas and I accept they paint a picture of conspiracies and political perspectives that do not belong in mainstream politics.' 

A spokesperson for Tower Hamlets Council told MailOnline:

'Any form of anti-Semitism, racism or bigotry is completely unacceptable. We are concerned by the allegations about the use of a councillor's personal social media account. We will thoroughly investigate any alleged breaches of our code of conduct and the standards we expect from councillors. Robust action will be taken if our rules have been broken.

'Tower Hamlets has a proud record of tackling discrimination. This year marks the tenth anniversary of our award winning 'No Place For Hate' campaign which supports our communities to tackle hate crime.

'Recently our councillors voted to adopt the definition of anti-Semitism as set out by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.'