General Chat

Omar Bakri Mahommed the extremist Muslim cleric and preacher is due next week to have NHS treatment at St Thomas's hospital, London. He has been receiving treatment, on the NHS at the N. Middlesex Hospital, Edmonton. According to today's Daily Telegraph, he receives £331.28 monthly in incapacity benefit and £183.30 monthly disability living allowance because of a leg injury he received in his youth which, apparently, has not hindered his movements overmuch. He receives housing benefit on his home in Edmonton and council tax benefit. His wife and seven children also claim a benefits package thought to be worth £1300 per month. Bakri drives a Toyota people carrier worth £30,000 paid for under a Motability scheme. Bakri who comes from a wealthy, orthodox Muslim family from Syria ran a computer business, which failed, after he came to Britain. He was deported from Saudi Arabia and sought asylum in Britain. Ethnic ethics - or bite the hand that feeds you ? len

Read this in the Telegraph this morning Len and I was jumping! When I think of our own desperate for housing/operations etc etc. Charity should begin at home not for spongers. Ann

Len waiting to see if they have the guts to deport any of the 10 they already have????

hiya len love. whatttttttttttttttttttttttt i better not ahhhhhhhhh

I mentioned this to my husband a little while ago, and he said he thought he'd heard that Mr Bakri had been arrested in Beirut earlier today. If he has, that will probably make a difference. CB >|<

makes me evil , especially when a man in his 80s in our area , has to go to private hospital as he cant wait any longer for NHS and cant sleep for pain,

Makes you sick doesn't it. I can't get NHS treatment for my back - tried physio and was a waste of time, Doctor told me they don't refer to Chiro or Osteopath! I have to £30 a month for treatment and receive absolutely no help as my Husband works full time. There is no justice in this country anymore - helping the needy has changed to giving handouts to the undeserving in many cases (not all). Kaye x

No Jules, it is not his god that is looking after him,it is the idiots that we have for a government and of course the long suffering British taxpayer.

My feelings are unprintable here. :-((((

HI All, Under the regime that 'we voted for ' regardless of party, we could be all arrested for inciting racial hatred, but i'm sure the ' DO-GOODERS' will fight for their right to come and bleach us of everything, even our dignity. It seems their way of life takes priority over everyone else, and will not be happy until the muslim flag is raised on all of our institutions. Sorry if that makes me a racist, but that is how the system has made me feel. I am white, but most of my relations are black, i mention that, so you can decide if i am racist or not.

The ironic thing is that this country is breeding racism because it refuses to deal with these types of people - I do feel for the muslims out there who have integrated into our country and culture and who must be feeling very nervous right now. Kaye x

Spot on Kaye Bob

Hooray ! (source sky news online) Radical Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed has been banned from returning to Britain, the Home Office has said. Bakri travelled to Lebanon over the weekend but had said he intended returning to Britain, where he has lived since 1985. It had been suggested that the Government was powerless to prevent the return of the controversial cleric. However, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has now used existing powers to stop him coming back. A Home Office spokesman said: '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.' Bakir has caused fury by saying he would not inform on British Muslims if he knew they were planning terror attacks He is the founder and spiritual leader of the radical group al Muhajiroun, due to be outlawed in Britain. He had intended returning as his wife and children are still in Britain, while he was also organising a heart procedure on the NHS. Meanwhile, it has emerged that Bakri could be extradited from Lebanon to Syria. A Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said: 'There is an official request from the Syrian authorities to surrender him to the security forces in Syria. 'They say he is a Syrian and has been convicted in Syria for many crimes, and that they need him for those crimes.' The spokesman also said Bakri is still in custody despite earlier reports of his release. He added that the preacher's current detention was a routine procedure in Lebanon and he could be held for up to 72 hours. 'The security forces are asking him about his permission to enter Lebanon and the circumstances of him entering Lebanon and leaving the UK,' he said.

This is good news - at long last the government are showing their teeth - hope it continues. However we shall save over £500 per month with this man gone and the people carrier worth £30,000 will go back I hope to someone more deserving. But it leaves us with his wife and 7 children - will they be joining daddy? Or are we continuing to support them at an enormous cost. He thought he was being clever visiting his mummy on a lebanese passport - that fixed him. Ann

i welcome anyone from any race with open arms who comes to our country to experience BRITISH culture and help us with the benefit of their trade. this is just like when we brits go to work in australia or new zealand etc. the difference, and what disgusts me, with this person is that he has seen britain for the soft touch it is, both being easy to get benefits and to hide in our concrete jungles. i simply do not understand why we dont have points systems like the countries i mentioned above, whereby unless you are going to contribute to that country's economy, you cant come in!!!

Come to Britian and jump on the gravy train, what has happened to this country?

Quite simple - the governments of the day forgot about their own people and common sense and were so intent on being seen to be politically correct etc - it went out of control. Personally I think it all began about 25 years ago. Ann

Hi Len Well I will have to be careful what I say cos I am FUMING! I would like to know how this erm.. Cleric got disability money, my partner had a bad accident and he cant get a penny and cos im working he gets no dole etc he is dependant on me! Something is wrong here, this country has really gone down the pan! Well as I say to my partner, shouldnt complain my party will never get in will they! but hopefully one day the people of Britain will open their eyes and will vote for them and then all people who dont belong here will be stripped of the British Citizenship and deported, hence no more bombings and no more diseases coming in. England is a Church of England country, we dont accept other religions we tolerate them. God save the Queen! Best Wishes Yvonne

I know what you mean Yvonne - my Brother has only got one arm (had to have one amputated after a Motorbike accident 20 years ago) but he can't get any Disability Allowance at all! His Wife receives a carers allowance, but it is an absolute pittance (spelling) and hardly worth having. I agree with the points you made - like others have said people from other countries should be welcome here if they wish to integrate into our society and contribute to it, if they don't then they should be refused entry. Kaye x

Hi Kaye Well isnt that disgusting! what in gods name (excuse the pun) do you have to do to get this allowance? this makes my blood go beyond boiling point it really does. Here is this overweight blob, walking round getting money for what? and why is he getting housing benefit or child benefits? whats he done to get these things except preach treason! oooh I could scream! Ill be back tonight, cos Im in work at the moment, perhaps then I will have calmed down. Best Wishes Yvonne