Extremist Islamic Preacher Deported
Home Secretary John Reid welcomed the removal of the Jamaican convert to Islam, who was placed on a flight to Kingston just after midday on Friday.
Mr Reid said el-Faisal would be excluded from the UK.
The Government's official account of the 2005 London bombings said the firebrand cleric had a strong influence on Germaine Lindsay, who blew up a Tube train at King's Cross, killing 26 people.
Mr Reid said: "I am pleased Abdullah el-Faisal has been removed and excluded from the UK. We are committed to protecting the public and have made it clear that foreign nationals who abuse our hospitality and break our laws can expect to be deported after they have served a prison sentence. We will not tolerate those who seek to spread hate and fear in our communities."
El-Faisal was kicked out of the country after reaching the parole date in a seven-year sentence for soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred.
The 43-year-old Muslim preacher, who used to live in Stratford, east London, was found guilty at the Old Bailey in 2003 of three charges of soliciting murder and three charges of stirring up racial hatred.
He told young British Muslims it was their duty to kill non-believers, Jews, Hindus and Westerners, urging them to adopt a "jihad mentality". He promised schoolboys that they would be rewarded with "72 virgins in paradise" if they died in a holy war.
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