Croydon's Muslims have never heard of Big Brother bully Alex De Gale, despite the housemate's claim to be a prominent member of the community.

A spokesman for Croydon's largest mosque said the 23-year-old mouthy housemate, who claimed to be a prominent Muslim in the town, had never been seen at prayers.

And during her time in the Channel 4 house, Alex had broken rules of the Islamic religion including drinking alcohol, he said.

Shuaib Yusaf, from Croydon Mosque, said he had checked with people at the mosque and no one had ever heard of or seen Alex.

He said: "The Croydon Mosque is the main representative of the Muslim community in Croydon.

"We have never seen Alexandra De Gale here.

"We cannot comment on whether she is a practising Muslim or not.

"But if someone is not praying five times a day and is drinking, they are not giving out signals that they are a practising Muslim.

"You can label yourself a Muslim and then justify what you are doing.

"A lot of Muslims drink and say they don't get intoxicated.

"Anyone can wear the badge but it's how you walk the walk and talk the talk that matters."

During her stay, Alex rounded on fellow Muslim housemate Mohamed for cross-dressing on his birthday.

She refused to take part in the celebrations and, after cornering him in the bathroom, she said: "You made me uncomfortable because you, like me, is a Muslim and there's things that we do and there's things that we don't do.

"Yes, we both drink and smoke and that's bad enough but you took it an extra level that makes me uncomfortable.

"As a Muslim man I look to you and expect more. I don't expect you to be wearing tights, a bra and socks in your bra."

Mohamed defended himself by saying it was just a harmless bit of fun.