A man has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder Syrian-born preacher Abdul Hadi Arwani, who was shot dead in northwest London.
The 46-year-old suspect was arrested on Sunday evening in Brent, the Metropolitan Police said.
He remains in custody at a central London police station.
Mr Arwani - a critic of the Bashar al Assad regime - was found in his Volkswagen Passat in Wembley with gunshot wounds on 7 April.
Police are keen to speak to anyone who may have seen Mr Arwani or his car on Sunday 5 April or Tuesday 7 April.
Detectives from the Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) unit have taken the lead in the investigation because of their "expertise in the management of investigations with international dimensions and an established liaison network abroad".
They have discovered that Mr Arwani, 48, had driven near to where his body was found on the morning of 5 April, and parked in Havenwood, where he remained for a short time.
The force said officers were "open-minded" about the motive of the killing.
Mr Arwani, a father of six, was an imam at the An Noor mosque in Acton, west London, between 2005 and 2011.
He is thought to have fled Syria as a teenager in 1982 after surviving the Hama massacre. He is believed to have attended protests against Assad outside the Syrian embassy in 2012.
Mr Arwani's 20-year-old son, Murhaf Arwani, has appealed for people to help the police in their investigation.
He said: "The police are currently investigating this brutal murder. As an individual, a family and a community, we are helping the police to solve this heinous crime.
"Any information we have has, and will be passed on to them and we urge anyone with any information to please please please do the same.
"To members of the public that knew my late father and even those of you who didn't know him, please tell us what you know. We know that it won't bring our father back to us but it may help to deliver justice to those who killed him."
:: Anyone with information is urged to contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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