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To: Ilaine who wrote (90145)	4/5/2003 5:31:32 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

The legal wheels turn kinda slowly in the UK, but we have now have evidence they do turn. Do wonders ever cease ... Blunkett confirms revocation of cleric's citizenship ananova.com David Blunkett has confirmed that he has written to radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza revoking his British citizenship. The Home Secretary said he had taken the action under the new Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act, which came into effect earlier this week. The Act allows the Government to remove the UK citizenship of a holder of joint citizenship if it is believed their activities threaten the national interests of the country. A spokesman for the one-eyed cleric, who has been barred from preaching at the Finsbury Park mosque in north London, denied reports that Home Office papers stripping him of his citizenship had been delivered by motorbike courier yesterday. The Home Office would not confirm or deny the reports and said it could not comment on individual cases because it could prejudice future legal proceedings. But Mr Blunkett today indicated that security and intelligence information had persuaded him to sign papers for the first time under the new Act, which came into effect on Tuesday. Mr Blunkett insisted that the action against Hamza was due to his having urged followers to attack British interests abroad, and not simply because he was an outspoken critic of the UK Government. Yesterday, Hamza, 44, addressed about 100 of his followers on the pavement outside Finsbury Park mosque. The Egyptian-born cleric has courted controversy for his outbursts against Britain, America and Jews. During yesterday's 10-minute sermon, Hamza described George Bush as "the Ghengis Khan of this century" and Tony Blair as "his chambermaid".