The family of Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammad is applying for his asylum in the UK after claiming he had been tortured in Lebanon.
The radical cleric left the UK in 2005 and was told he would not be allowed to return.
The family claims the radical preacher has suffered systematic torture while in custody at a maximum security prison.
They say his health has severely deteriorated and he’s no longer able to walk.
Sky’s Mark White said the claims have not been independently verified.
“The families of Omar Bakri Mohammad say that he has been transferred to a maximum security prison … in Lebanon,” he said.
“They also say that he has been systematically tortured during his time in that maximum security prison.
“We have no independent verification of this, but the family insists that he is in very poor health.
“They claim that he is actually close to death and they’re seeking an urgent appeal now to the UK authorities to have him returned to the UK under asylum.”
Mohammad holds Syrian and Lebanese citizenship and lived in Britain for 20 years, where he headed the now-disbanded radical Islamist group al Muhajiroun.
The cleric caused outrage in the wake of the 2005 London bombings after saying he would not inform the police if he knew Muslims were planning attacks.
Mohammad was among 54 people sentenced in Lebanon in November 2010 in trials of militants who fought deadly clashes with the Lebanese army in 2007.
He was convicted of belonging to an armed group that aimed to carry out terrorist acts and plots to kill Lebanese soldiers.
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Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammad's UK Asylum Bid
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