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Persona non grata in the United Kingdom
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The United Kingdom has a somewhat liberal approach to declaring people inappropriate for entry.
List of people banned from the UK[edit]
Only 16 names have been published, but there are obviously more out there.
Nationality | Individual | Reason for the |
---|---|---|
Saudi Arabia | Abdullah Qadri Al Ahdal (Muslim preacher) | "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs and fostering hatred that might lead to inter-community violence". |
Palestine/Israel | Yunis Al Astal (Muslim cleric and Hamas member of Palestinian parliament[1]) | "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs and to provoke others to terrorist acts". |
United States of America | Stephen Donald Black (American neo-Nazi, founder of Stormfront) | "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by promoting serious criminal activity and fostering hatred, which might lead to inter-community violence in the United Kingdom". |
Egypt | Wadgy Abd El Hamied Mohamed Ghoneim (Muslim preacher) | "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glory terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs and to provoke others to commit terrorist acts". |
United States of America | Erich Gliebe (American neo-nazi radio personality) | "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by justifying terrorist violence, provoking others to commit serious crime and fostering racial hatred". |
United States of America | Mike Guzovsky (Jewish militant and follower of Meir Kahane[2][1]) | "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs and to provoke others to terrorist acts". |
Egypt | Safwat Hijazi (Islamic extremist and Egyptian TV personality[1]) | "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by glorifying terrorist violence". |
Pakistan | Nasr Javed (Member of Tamil Tigers[1]) | "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs". |
Lebanon | Samir Kuntar (Lebanese member of Palestinian Liberation Front[1]) | "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to foment, justify or glorify terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs and to provoke others to terrorist acts". |
United States of America | Abdul Alim Musa (Muslim activist) | "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by fomenting and glorifying terrorist violence in furtherance of his particular beliefs and seeking to provoke others to terrorist acts". |
United States of America | Fred Waldron Phelps | "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence in the United Kingdom". |
United States of America | Shirley Phelps-Roper | "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence in the United Kingdom". |
Russia | Artur Ryno (Russian far-rightist[1]) | "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by fomenting serious criminal activity and seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts". |
Pakistan | Amir Siddique (Muslim preacher) | "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by fomenting terrorist violence in furtherance of particular beliefs". |
Russia | Pavel Skachevsky (Russian far-rightist[1]) | "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by fomenting serious criminal activity and seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts". |
United States of America | Michael Savage (The guy that hates Autistic kids) | "Considered to be engaging in unacceptable behaviour by seeking to provoke others to serious criminal acts and fostering hatred which might lead to inter-community violence" |
References[edit]
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 16 extremists banned from Britain, Richard Edwards, Daily Telegraph, 5 May 2009
- ↑ Mike Guzovsky