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UK Publishes List of Banned 'Extremists'

US radio host Savage named among those fostering 'hatred'

By the Associated Press

Posted May 5, 2009 10:10 AM CDT
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(AP) – 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.


This 2007 file photo shows radio talk-show host Michael Savage in Tiburon, California.
This 2007 file photo shows radio talk-show host Michael Savage in Tiburon, California.   (AP Photo)
In this 2007 file photo, radio talk show host Michael Savage poses with his dog Teddy in Tiburon, Calif.
In this 2007 file photo, radio talk show host Michael Savage poses with his dog Teddy in Tiburon, Calif.   (AP Photo)
The Rev. Fred Phelps prepares to protest outside the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka in this 2006 file photo.
The Rev. Fred Phelps prepares to protest outside the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka in this 2006 file photo.   (AP Photo)
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freethemall
May 6, 2009 12:27 PM CDT
Alexandria, as a person who believes in God, are you accepting of those who don't?
Corona_Kinq
May 5, 2009 8:37 AM CDT
HAHA, someone has been listening to Michelle Bachmann. That's unfortunate.
woodyTX
May 5, 2009 7:33 AM CDT
Do I get a sniff of xenophobia from your remarks Sniffer ? You are reminding me of that lovely congresswoman from North Carolina who made headlines recently for her remarks. Remedy: don't listen to Michael Savage so much.

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