Britain deports extremist Muslim cleric to Jamaica

Source: Associated Press

Britain deports extremist Muslim cleric to Jamaica

The Associated Press
Published: May 25, 2007

LONDON: A jailed extremist Muslim cleric named by Britain's
government as a key influence on one of four men who
carried out the 2005 London transport bombings was
deported to Jamaica Friday, the home secretary said.

Abdullah el-Faisal, a Jamaican-born convert to Islam, was
placed on a flight to Kingston, Jamaica Friday afternoon,
Home Secretary John Reid said. He said el-Faisal was
barred from re-entering Britain.

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The cleric was sentenced to nine years jail in 2003 on
charges of incitement to murder and stirring racial hatred
after he urged followers to kill Hindus, Jews and Americans.

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El-Faisal, who had his sentence cut to seven years on
appeal, was eligible for parole after serving half his jail
term, and was deported immediately following his release
from prison.

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