Thursday, July 21, 2005

Common sense from the UK's Home Minister: Deport the radicals

Thankfully, Ken "The Red" Livingstone is not the British Home Secretary.

From the Telegraph, free registration required, Imams who praise terrorism to face deportation

Extremist Islamic preachers who glorify terrorism at home and abroad will be subject to new restrictions, deportations and banning orders, Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, said yesterday.

A day after the Government and mainstream Muslim leaders agreed the need for tougher action against fundamentalist imams who foment hatred of the West, Mr Clarke told MPs he was drawing up a list of "unacceptable" activities.

They would include preaching holy war messages, writing inflammatory articles or running a jihadist website.


They could lead to the ejection or exclusion of firebrand clerics. The Foreign Office also announced a deal with Jordan to allow the repatriation of British-based fanatics.

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