The trustees of our Musjid have installed TV cameras in the Musjid as a security measure and to deter shoe-thieves.

Answer

There is absolutely no doubt in the hurmat (prohibition) of tasaaweer (pictures). The excuses which they present for justifying their haraam installation of TV cameras in the House of Allah Ta'ala are baatil. Their excises are typical example of Talbeesul Iblees (Deception of Iblees). Shaitaan has misled these people and has adorned for them their acts of polluting the Musjid. One haraam act leads to another haraam act.

The installation of these haraam cameras is an aggravated sin. It is aggravated by the fact that the trustees of the Musjid believe that their haraam act has become halaal, and this is akin to kufr.