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August 24, 2005

UK Unveils New Deportation Rules

Topics: Terrorism

The British home secretary has published the grounds on which foreigners considered to be promoting terrorism can be deported or excluded from the UK. If you are a foreigner, doing any of the following will get you thrown out of the UK:

1. Fomenting, justifying or glorifying terrorist violence
2. Seeking to provoke terrorist acts
3. Fomenting other serious criminal activity
4. Fostering hatred that might lead to inter-community violence

Charles Clarke issued the list of "unacceptable behaviour" by those said to indirectly threaten public order, national security, or the rule of law. The grounds, drawn up after the 7 July London bombings, include provoking and glorifying terrorism.

But civil liberty groups fear deportees could be tortured in their homelands.

And the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) says the list of "unacceptable behaviours" is "too wide and unclear".

In response to which I offer that the take home message here seems to be that if you're concerned about being tortured in your homeland, don't promote, glorify, or conduct terrorism in the UK. How that seems to be "too wide and too unclear to British Muslims" escapes me.

But go figure! Only an Islamist could misconstrue something as simple as "having anything to do with or foster terrorism" will get you kicked out of the country. And that can only be because they are having much to do with fostering, promoting and conducting terrorism.

Posted by Richard at August 24, 2005 10:57 AM

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