Omar Bakri Muhammed is out of a Lebanese jail. Free, once again, to spout his message of jihad against the West and tolerance for Islamic terrorists. But at least he won't be going back to London to abuse the British socialist-state any time soon. NYT:

Britain said today that it would bar the London-based Syrian cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed from ever returning to Britain, which granted him political asylum and which has been his home for the last 20 or so years, because his presence "is not conducive to the public good."

Mr. Bakri, known for his incendiary anti-western sermons, left Britain last Saturday, a day after Prime Minister Tony Blair announced new legislative measures against religious leaders preaching violence. He is currently in Beirut, on what he said was to be a vacation.

Mr. Bakri was detained by the Lebanese authorities on Thursday and held for questioning, but released this afternoon after they "didn't find anything against him," according to an official from the Lebanese Ministry of the Interior, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The government's move came a day after it announced that it had seized and planned to deport Abu Qatada, another British-based cleric accused of fomenting violence against the west, along with nine other foreigners accused of posing threats to national security.

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