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| Subject: Oppressive UK Publishes List of Banned 'Extremists' Tue May 05, 2009 11:15 pm | |
| Britain for the first time has published a list of people barred from entering the country for what the government says is fostering extremism or hatred. The list includes popular US talk-radio host Michael Savage, who has called the Koran a "book of hate” and has enraged parents of children with autism by saying in most cases it's "a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out."
The list also includes Americans Stephen Donald Black, a white supremacist, and anti-gay preacher Fred Phelps. Hamas parliament member Yunis Al-Astal and Egyptian cleric Safwat el-Higazi also are on the banned list.
Source: Associated Press |
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| Subject: Re: Oppressive UK Publishes List of Banned 'Extremists' Tue May 05, 2009 11:18 pm | |
| Savage May Sue Britain for Banning Him
Radio yakker Michael Savage isn't amused that he's ended up on a list of people banned from Britain for spreading hate. The conservative talk show host told the San Francisco Chronicle he's considering legal action. "Today it's me. Tomorrow it's someone else," he said. "The land of the Magna Carta has now become the land of the mini-Carta."
Savage—who has branded the Koran a "book of hate"—says he has no idea how he ended up on the list, which also includes Muslim extremists and Russian gang members. "Does she not think people might hunt me down?" he asked of British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. And in a reminder of the scope of his audience, he added, "Who else will be banned? All the people who listen to my show, 10 million people? Should they also not go to Britain?"
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=39618 |
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| Subject: Re: Oppressive UK Publishes List of Banned 'Extremists' Thu May 07, 2009 5:44 am | |
| Barred Savage Calls for British Boycott
Right-wing radio mouth Michael Savage has branded British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith a "witch" and urged his listeners yesterday to boycott the country's products and cancel trips to Britain, the Daily Telegraph reports. "I suggest you stop buying English made goods," fumed Savage, who has been barred from the country for spreading views likely to incite violence, according to officials. "I don't know what they make any more but I suggest you don't buy any."
Smith—whom Savage has vowed to sue—defended the decision to put him on the list of banned extremists. "Coming to the UK is a privilege and I refuse to extend that privilege to individuals who abuse our standards and values to undermine our way of life," she said. The website of the other American on the list, Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church, labeled Smith a "neo-Nazi dyke" and a "filthy God-hater" for accusing the preacher of spreading hate speech.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5288279/Michael-Savage-brands-Jacqui-Smith-a-witch-over-Britains-banned-list.html |
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