Friday, August 12, 2005

Radical cleric Bakri banned from the UK

On Wednesday I blogged about Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed, the radical Islamic cleric who praised the 9/11 attacks, and called Osama bin Laden "a sincere man who fights against evil forces."

The Syrian-born cleric left for a month long vacation in Lebanon, where he was promptly arrested, but almost as quickly, set free.

As hoped for (by me in my that post), the Brits won't let him return. The UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke used his power to bar his return to Britain, stating Bakri's presence there would "not (be) conducive to the public good."

Meanwhile, British authorities have arrested 10 foreign radicals, and the Brits plan to have them deported.

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