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Cleric Bakri arrested in Beirut 
 
Bakri Mohammed praised the 9/11 attacks on the US
British-based radical Islamic preacher Omar Bakri Mohammed has been arrested in Lebanon.
The London-based cleric was detained in Beirut, the Lebanese capital, as he was leaving a television interview - less than a week after he left Britain.

The preacher caused controversy by saying he would not report a potential bomber to the police and is currently being investigated by UK authorities.

Lebanese security sources gave no reason for his detention.

He was picked up by the authorities in Beirut at 1200 BST as he left the studios of Future TV, where he had given an interview.

Under Lebanese law he can be held for 48 hours before being charged or released.

'Holiday'

It had been suggested that he fled the UK over fears he would be charged with treason, or another serious offence.

But he denies this, saying he was on holiday for five or six weeks staying with his mother.


He said if the British authorities wanted to charge him with a criminal offence, he "would be the first one to return and challenge the allegation".

The self-styled "sheikh" ran the radical al-Muhajiroun group from Tottenham, north London, until it was disbanded last year.

He is famous for praising the 9/11 hijackers as the "magnificent 19".

He is thought to have dual Syrian and Lebanese nationality but has indefinite leave to remain in the UK after gaining political asylum in the 1980s.

The Crown Prosecution Service is looking at whether remarks by three Muslim clerics, including Omar Bakri Mohammed, break any laws.
 

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