"HE HAS NOT COMMITTED ANY CRIMES IN THE UK" CLAIMING HE HAD BEEN TORTURED IN LEBANON FAMILY OF JIHADI PREACHER OMAR BAKRI APPLYING FOR ASYLUM IN UK

The family of Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammad are applying for his asylum in the UK after claiming he had been tortured in Lebanon.



They say the radical preacher has suffered systematic torture while in custody at a maximum security prison.



The family say he should be allowed back into Britain on "humanitarian grounds" as his health has deteriorated and he is no longer able to walk.



The cleric caused outrage in the wake of the 2005 London bombings after saying he would not inform police if he knew Muslims were planning attacks.



He left the UK in 2005 and was told he would not be allowed to return.



But the cleric's son, Mohammad Bakri, told Sky News: "I'm here on the humanitarian basis. At the end of the day, many people find what he says distasteful, and he quotes things from the Islamic perspective.



"But I think unless you know the character, himself, like my father - I grew up with him - so therefore I understand the tactics that he uses to attract the media in order to pass the message of Islam.



"You may find that distasteful, but at the end of the day he has not committed any crimes in the UK."

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A Home Office spokesman said: 'An individual must be physically present in the UK in order to make a claim for asylum.



'Omar Bakri Muhammad was permanently excluded from the UK in 2005 on the grounds that his presence is not conducive to the public good.



'As Omar Bakri Muhammad is excluded from the UK, he will be unable to make a claim for asylum.'


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