Omar Bakri Mohammed holds Syrian and Lebanese citizenship and lived in Britain for 20 years.
He moved to the UK in 1986 and while living here he claimed benefits for himself, his wife and his seven children.
During this time he received notoriety for his outspoken support of various jihad groups and attacks, and labeling the London 7/7 bombers as the ‘fantastic four’.
He said the British people were to blame for the terror attacks on the capital because they ‘did not make enough effort to stop its own government committing its own atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan’.
The Syrian-born radical suffered injuries to his back and head during the brawl between Shias and Sunnis in Roumieh prison, Lebanon. Formerly, he tried to board (pictured) a British Navy ship evacuating Brits fleeing the war struck country but was refused
Known as the ‘Tottenham Ayatollah’, he has also been blamed for radicalising several young extremists, including the killers of Lee Rigby, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.
However, in the wake of the London attacks, he fled Britain concerned about being pursued by British authorities under rarely-used treason laws.
Although he never faced charges, after he left he was banned from ever returning to the country by the Home Office after they deemed his presence was not conducive to the ‘public good’.
Speaking to journalists in 2005 from Beirut, Bakri claimed he would never return to Britain as the government refused to accept his support of Osama Bin Laden and the need for jihad.
The cleric has been repeatedly linked with Al Qaeda but has denied the claims.
Around 2005 he surfaced in Tripoli, Lebanon.