Mosques endorsed candidates “undercover” during recent by-elections to evade the law, a Green Party official has suggested. During a fringe panel discussion at the Green Party conference last week, Green campaigns coordinator Asma Alam (pictured, left) said mosques had backed candidates despite being registered charities. Alam coordinated Hannah Spencer’s (pictured, centre) successful campaign in the Gorton & Denton by-election in February. Charities “must not support a political party or candidate”, according to guidance from the Charity Commission for England and Wales. The National Secular Society, which raised a question about endorsements from mosques during the fringe event, has referred the matter to the Electoral Commission and the Charity Commission. Party official names mosque which endorsed Greens At the fringe event entitled “Campaigning lessons in building the support of Muslim voters”, NSS head of campaigns Megan Manson asked how seeking endorsement from mosques squared with the fact that most mosques are registered charities and therefore cannot support political candidates. Alam replied “they can do it undercover which happened with me”. She gave the example of Quba …