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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (4304)	1/31/2007 5:21:04 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Muslim Cleric "weds vulnerable woman" to live in UK UK Daily Mail ^ \| 1-30-07 \| UK Daily Mail dailymail.co.uk A foreign-born Islamic preacher has been accused of marrying a London woman with the mental age of seven in order to live in the UK. The bride's family, which is planning to sue the imam for abandoning his wife, has criticised the Home Office for its failure to deport the cleric. Mohammed Anhar Ali, who is from a village in Bangladesh, was granted indefinite leave to remain after the arranged marriage. The Home Office admitted today there was little it could do to revoke his status. But the Home Office has admitted once leave to remain is granted, a spouse is "entitled-to stay here in their own right". The Government would have to prove the marriage was a sham and the imam had always intended to leave his wife. Mr Ali, 36, married Bilqis Begum, 28, from Poplar, in Bangladesh at an arranged marriage in which he pledged to look after his wife. She is profoundly deaf and mute, has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and has severe learning disabilities. Mr Ali disappeared in September 2004, having secured indefinite leave to remain the previous year. Ms Begum's father Muhammed Abdul Matin is trying to sue Mr Ali, thought to be living in St Albans, while also attempting to have him sent back to Bangladesh. Mr Matin, 53, said: "He has used my disabled child to enter the UK. I want to see him sent back to Bangladesh. We want justice. He is not an imam. He is not a holy man." He claims Mr Ali took his daughter's incapacity benefit before leaving. Incapacity benefit for Ms Begum was being paid into Mr Ali's bank account. In a letter to the Home Office urging officials to deport Mr Ali wrote: "We have a religious or holy man who has used his religious background to manipulate those who were vulnerable and believed in a religious imam." He suggested the Home Office may have grounds to revoke Mr Ali's right to stay. The local mental health trust has written to the Home Office, effectively requesting it to reconsider its position.