Omar Bakri Mohammed, a Syrian-born father of seven, has lived in north London on state handouts since being deported from Saudi Arabia as an extremist 20 years ago.

He has been accused of spreading a message of hate against the West. Here are some of his views:

Britain: "Dar ul-Harb [a land of war]"

Holy War: "The jihad is halal [permissible] for the Muslims wherever they are, the whole ummah [Muslim community] wherever they are. OK brothers - wherever you are, do it"

The 9/11 hijackers: "The magnificent 19"

Osama bin Laden: "Why I condemn Osama bin Laden for? I condemn Tony Blair, I condemn George Bush. I would never condemn Osama bin Laden or any Muslims"

Law and Order: "The way to earn the heart of the British youth is by the divine text, to say God say it and Mohammed say it, 'Do not attack the people you live among.' Not to tell them, 'Tony Blair say it, the law say it, don't do so'"

The Beslan school killings: "The Mujahideen [Chechen rebels] would not have wanted to kill those people, because it is strictly forbidden as a Muslim to deliberately kill women and children. It is the fault of the Russians"

The London bombings: "I blame the British Government and I blame the British people. They are the ones who should be blamed"

Suicide bombings: "We call it self sacrifice. You must fight for the way of Allah - to kill first and be killed. If somebody decided to land an aeroplane over 10 Downing Street, for example - this is a form of self sacrifice"

Israel: "We are talking about a cancer in the heart of the Muslim world. It must be eradicated and removed"

Britain's foreign policy: "Evil. I think, they pushed the Muslims to the wrong direction"

Radical Muslims: "We are part of the solution and not part of the problem"

His potential deportation: "If God destined for me to be deported, or to be imprisoned, nobody can save me. I would never challenge the legal system"

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