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'''Abu Qatada''' (born '''Omar Othman''' in 1959/1960) is a [[Salafi]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Jordanian cleric Abu Qatada acquitted of terror charges|url = http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/9/24/abu-qatada-acquitted.html|website = america.aljazeera.com|accessdate = 2016-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = Why the West Fears Islam: An Exploration of Muslims in Liberal Democracies|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=QV6YAAAAQBAJ|publisher = Palgrave Macmillan|date = 2013-07-25|isbn = 9781137258205|language = en|first = Jocelyne|last = Cesari}}</ref> cleric and [[Jordan]]ian national. Qatada was accused of having links to terrorist organisations, and frequently imprisoned in the United Kingdom without formal charges or prosecution before being deported to Jordan, where courts found him innocent of multiple terrorism charges.
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'''Abu Qatada''' (born '''Omar Othman''' in 1959/1960) is a [[Salafi]]<ref>http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/9/24/abu-qatada-acquitted.html</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=QV6YAAAAQBAJ</ref> cleric and [[Jordan]]ian national. Qatada was accused of having links to terrorist organisations, and frequently imprisoned in the United Kingdom without formal charges or prosecution before being deported to Jordan, where courts found him innocent of multiple terrorism charges.
  
Qatada claimed asylum in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1993 on a forged passport. In 1999, he was convicted in absentia in Jordan of planning thwarted terror plots during Jordan's millennium eve, and was sentenced for lifetime imprisonment with hard labour. Qatada was repeatedly imprisoned and released in the United Kingdom after he was first detained under anti-terrorism laws in 2002, but was not prosecuted for any crime.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2359595.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=Cleric held as terror suspect | date=25 October 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/17/uk-britain-qatada-idUKBRE83G0UX20120417 | agency=Reuters | title=Government says will deport radical cleric Abu Qatada | date=17 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/feb/14/abu-qatada-not-on-trial |title=Why is Abu Qatada not on trial? |author=Richard Norton-Taylor |date=14 February 2012 |work=Comment is free |accessdate=22 February 2012}}</ref> The [[Algeria]]n government described Abu Qatada as being involved with [[Islamist]]s in London and possibly elsewhere.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/AC.37/2003/%281455%29/14 |title=Report of Algeria on the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1455 (2003) |author=Government of Algeria |date=17 April 2003 |publisher=United Nations |page=14 |accessdate=22 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/05/religion.terrorism |title=Britain's most wanted |author1=Paul Harris |author2=Antony Barnett |author3=Burhan Wazir |author4=Kate Connolly |date=5 May 2002 |newspaper=The Observer |accessdate=22 February 2012}}</ref> After initially barring the [[United Kingdom]] from deporting Abu Qatada to [[Jordan]], in May 2012 the [[European Court of Human Rights]] denied him leave to appeal against deportation without specifying a reason.<ref>''[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/world/europe/britain-radical-cleric-faces-setback-in-court-over-efforts-to-deport-him.html "Britain: Radical Cleric Faces Setback in Court Over Efforts to Deport Him"]'', reprinted by ''The New York Times'', 9 May 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Travis|first=Alan|title=Abu Qatada deportation appeal rejected by human rights court|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/09/abu-qatada-deportation-appeal-rejected|accessdate=13 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=9 May 2012}}</ref>
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Qatada claimed asylum in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1993 on a forged passport. In 1999, he was convicted in absentia in Jordan of planning thwarted terror plots during Jordan's millennium eve, and was sentenced for lifetime imprisonment with hard labour. Qatada was repeatedly imprisoned and released in the United Kingdom after he was first detained under anti-terrorism laws in 2002, but was not prosecuted for any crime.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2359595.stm </ref><ref>http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/17/uk-britain-qatada-idUKBRE83G0UX20120417 </ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/feb/14/abu-qatada-not-on-trial</ref> The [[Algeria]]n government described Abu Qatada as being involved with [[Islamist]]s in London and possibly elsewhere.<ref>https://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=S/AC.37/2003/%281455%29/14 </ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/05/religion.terrorism </ref> After initially barring the [[United Kingdom]] from deporting Abu Qatada to [[Jordan]], in May 2012 the [[European Court of Human Rights]] denied him leave to appeal against deportation without specifying a reason.<ref>''[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/world/europe/britain-radical-cleric-faces-setback-in-court-over-efforts-to-deport-him.html "Britain: Radical Cleric Faces Setback in Court Over Efforts to Deport Him"]'', reprinted by ''The New York Times'', 9 May 2012.</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/09/abu-qatada-deportation-appeal-rejected</ref>
  
On 12 November 2012, the [[Special Immigration Appeals Commission]] (SIAC) upheld Abu Qatada's appeal against deportation and released him on restrictive bail conditions. The [[Home Secretary]] [[Theresa May]] said the government would appeal against the decision.<ref>{{cite news|title=Abu Qatada wins appeal against deportation|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20295754|accessdate=12 November 2012|publisher=BBC News|date=12 November 2012}}</ref> He was deported to Jordan on 7 July 2013, after the UK and Jordanian governments agreed and ratified a treaty satisfying the need for clarification that evidence potentially gained through torture would not be used against him in his forthcoming trial.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23213740|title=Abu Qatada deported from Britain|date=7 July 2013|publisher=|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
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On 12 November 2012, the [[Special Immigration Appeals Commission]] (SIAC) upheld Abu Qatada's appeal against deportation and released him on restrictive bail conditions. The [[Home Secretary]] [[Theresa May]] said the government would appeal against the decision.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20295754</ref> He was deported to Jordan on 7 July 2013, after the UK and Jordanian governments agreed and ratified a treaty satisfying the need for clarification that evidence potentially gained through torture would not be used against him in his forthcoming trial.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23213740</ref>
  
On 26 June 2014, Abu Qatada was retried as the Jordanian legal system requires if the convict returned to the country. He was found not guilty by a Jordanian court of terrorism charges relating to an alleged 1999 plot. He remained in prison pending a verdict that was due September 2014 on a second alleged plot.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hall |first1=John |title=Radical cleric Abu Qatada acquitted by Jordan of terrorism conspiracy charge |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2670467/Jordan-acquits-radical-Muslim-cleric-Abu-Qatada-conspiring-commit-acts-terrorism.html |work=Daily Mail |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QcDpsfQR?url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2670467/Jordan-acquits-radical-Muslim-cleric-Abu-Qatada-conspiring-commit-acts-terrorism.html |archivedate=26 June 2014 |deadurl=no |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=McElroy |first1=Damien |title=Abu Qatada found not guilty of terror offences by Jordan court |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/jordan/10927140/Abu-Qatada-found-not-guilty-of-terror-offences-by-Jordan-court.html |work=The Daily Telegraph |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QcDeoXGi?url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/jordan/10927140/Abu-Qatada-found-not-guilty-of-terror-offences-by-Jordan-court.html |archivedate=26 June 2014 |deadurl=no |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Jordan court finds Abu Qatada not guilty of terror plot |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28033749 |publisher=BBC News |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6QcDMINjO?url=http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28033749 |archivedate=26 June 2014 |deadurl=no |df=dmy }}</ref> On 24 September 2014, a panel of civilian judges sitting at Amman's State Security Court cleared him of being involved in a thwarted plot aimed at Western and [[Israel]]i targets in [[Jordan]] during the millennium celebrations in 2000 due to "insufficient evidence".<ref>{{cite news|title=Abu Qatada cleared of terror charges |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-29340656 |publisher=BBC News |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6Sp74hc0e?url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-29340656 |archivedate=24 September 2014 |deadurl=no |df=dmy }}</ref> Evidence used to convict him in the previous trial were overturned, per the treaty signed between the [[United Kingdom]] and Jordan, as they may have been potentially acquired through torture.
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On 26 June 2014, Abu Qatada was retried as the Jordanian legal system requires if the convict returned to the country. He was found not guilty by a Jordanian court of terrorism charges relating to an alleged 1999 plot. He remained in prison pending a verdict that was due September 2014 on a second alleged plot.<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2670467/Jordan-acquits-radical-Muslim-cleric-Abu-Qatada-conspiring-commit-acts-terrorism.html</ref><ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/jordan/10927140/Abu-Qatada-found-not-guilty-of-terror-offences-by-Jordan-court.html</ref><ref>https://www.webcitation.org/6QcDMINjO?url=http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28033749</ref> On 24 September 2014, a panel of civilian judges sitting at Amman's State Security Court cleared him of being involved in a thwarted plot aimed at Western and [[Israel]]i targets in [[Jordan]] during the millennium celebrations in 2000 due to "insufficient evidence".<ref>https://www.webcitation.org/6Sp74hc0e?url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-29340656</ref> Evidence used to convict him in the previous trial were overturned, per the treaty signed between the [[United Kingdom]] and Jordan, as they may have been potentially acquired through torture.
 
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Deported from UK to Jordan in July 2013
BornOmar Mahmoud Othman
1960
(age 57–58), Bethlehem, Jordan-annexed West Bank
CitizenshipJordanian
Salafi cleric and Jordanian national, expelled from UK

Abu Qatada (born Omar Othman in 1959/1960) is a Salafi[1][2] cleric and Jordanian national. Qatada was accused of having links to terrorist organisations, and frequently imprisoned in the United Kingdom without formal charges or prosecution before being deported to Jordan, where courts found him innocent of multiple terrorism charges.

Qatada claimed asylum in the United Kingdom in 1993 on a forged passport. In 1999, he was convicted in absentia in Jordan of planning thwarted terror plots during Jordan's millennium eve, and was sentenced for lifetime imprisonment with hard labour. Qatada was repeatedly imprisoned and released in the United Kingdom after he was first detained under anti-terrorism laws in 2002, but was not prosecuted for any crime.[3][4][5] The Algerian government described Abu Qatada as being involved with Islamists in London and possibly elsewhere.[6][7] After initially barring the United Kingdom from deporting Abu Qatada to Jordan, in May 2012 the European Court of Human Rights denied him leave to appeal against deportation without specifying a reason.[8][9]

On 12 November 2012, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) upheld Abu Qatada's appeal against deportation and released him on restrictive bail conditions. The Home Secretary Theresa May said the government would appeal against the decision.[10] He was deported to Jordan on 7 July 2013, after the UK and Jordanian governments agreed and ratified a treaty satisfying the need for clarification that evidence potentially gained through torture would not be used against him in his forthcoming trial.[11]

On 26 June 2014, Abu Qatada was retried as the Jordanian legal system requires if the convict returned to the country. He was found not guilty by a Jordanian court of terrorism charges relating to an alleged 1999 plot. He remained in prison pending a verdict that was due September 2014 on a second alleged plot.[12][13][14] On 24 September 2014, a panel of civilian judges sitting at Amman's State Security Court cleared him of being involved in a thwarted plot aimed at Western and Israeli targets in Jordan during the millennium celebrations in 2000 due to "insufficient evidence".[15] Evidence used to convict him in the previous trial were overturned, per the treaty signed between the United Kingdom and Jordan, as they may have been potentially acquired through torture.

 

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