Welfare Imam Banned From Britain

Our favorite British welfare imam (previous posts here and here) has officially been banned from returning to Britain (h/t LittleGreenFootballs):

Radical Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed has been banned from setting foot on British soil again, the Home Office has said.

Charles Clarke, home secretary, used existing powers to exclude Bakri from the UK.

The so-called “Tottenham Ayatollah” left Britain six days ago on what he described as a holiday to see his mother in Beirut.

A Home Office spokesman said today: “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.”

It also emerged today that Bakri could be extradited from Lebanon to Syria.

A Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman confirmed Bakri was still in custody today despite earlier reports of his release.

The poor boy might have to find a real job now.