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RADICAL PREACHER BANNED
Radical Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed has been banned from returning to Britain, the Home Office has said.
Bakri travelled to Lebanon over the weekend but had said he intended returning to Britain, where he has lived since 1985.
It had been suggested that the Government was powerless to prevent the return of the controversial cleric.
However, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has now used existing powers to stop him coming back.
A Home Office spokesman said: "The Home Secretary has issued an order revoking Omar Bakri Mohammed's indefinite leave to remain and to exclude him from the UK on the grounds that his presence is not conducive to the public good."
Bakir has caused fury by saying he would not inform on British Muslims if he knew they were planning terror attacks
He is the founder and spiritual leader of the radical group al Muhajiroun, due to be outlawed in Britain.
He had intended returning as his wife and children are still in Britain, while he was also organising a heart procedure on the NHS.
Meanwhile, it has emerged that Bakri could be extradited from Lebanon to Syria.
A Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said: "There is an official request from the Syrian authorities to surrender him to the security forces in Syria.
"They say he is a Syrian and has been convicted in Syria for many crimes, and that they need him for those crimes."
The spokesman also said Bakri is still in custody despite earlier reports of his release.
He added that the preacher's current detention was a routine procedure in Lebanon and he could be held for up to 72 hours.
"The security forces are asking him about his permission to enter Lebanon and the circumstances of him entering Lebanon and leaving the UK," he said.
RADICAL PREACHER BANNED
Radical Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed has been banned from returning to Britain, the Home Office has said.
Bakri travelled to Lebanon over the weekend but had said he intended returning to Britain, where he has lived since 1985.
It had been suggested that the Government was powerless to prevent the return of the controversial cleric.
However, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has now used existing powers to stop him coming back.
A Home Office spokesman said: "The Home Secretary has issued an order revoking Omar Bakri Mohammed's indefinite leave to remain and to exclude him from the UK on the grounds that his presence is not conducive to the public good."
Bakir has caused fury by saying he would not inform on British Muslims if he knew they were planning terror attacks
He is the founder and spiritual leader of the radical group al Muhajiroun, due to be outlawed in Britain.
He had intended returning as his wife and children are still in Britain, while he was also organising a heart procedure on the NHS.
Meanwhile, it has emerged that Bakri could be extradited from Lebanon to Syria.
A Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said: "There is an official request from the Syrian authorities to surrender him to the security forces in Syria.
"They say he is a Syrian and has been convicted in Syria for many crimes, and that they need him for those crimes."
The spokesman also said Bakri is still in custody despite earlier reports of his release.
He added that the preacher's current detention was a routine procedure in Lebanon and he could be held for up to 72 hours.
"The security forces are asking him about his permission to enter Lebanon and the circumstances of him entering Lebanon and leaving the UK," he said.