Cameron: Ban hate clerics.

Byline: Benedict Brogan

MUSLIM clerics intent on turning young men into terrorists are stillbeing allowed into Britain, David Cameron warned last night.

The Tory leader accused Gordon Brown of failing to tackle the threat posed bythe preachers of hate. He called for an immediate ban on visas for Islamicreligious leaders who use their sermons and the internet to promote attacks onthe West.

The Tory leader used a speech at a London seminar with the German centre-rightCDU party to attack the Government's handling of radical clerics.

Mr Brown has been under pressure to act against extremist religious leaders whohave played a key role in radicalising young Muslims and persuading them tobecome terrorists.

Mr Cameron singled out the Prime Minister's 'dithering' over plans to allowpreacher Yusuf al- Qaradawi into the country for medical treatment.

He described al-Qaradawi, along with the head of Hezbollah's TV station IbrahimMoussawi as 'dangerous and divisive'.

He repeated his call for a complete ban onIslamist political movements Hizb-ut-Tahrir and Hezbollah. Mr Brown has said hewould only act against such organisations if evidence could be presented thatthey posed a threat to the UK.

Mr Cameron said: 'It's clear for reasons of our security that we must expel orrefuse entry to those who preach hate, pit one faith against another and divideour society.

'So I call on the Government to confirm that it will not be giving al-Qaradawipermission to enter this country and make clear that Moussawi is not welcome inthe UK.' The Tory leader argued that Britain's national security andinternational credibility were harmed by a failed multiculturalist policy whichallowed Muslim preachers to advocate values that run counter to the British wayof life. 'But we don't seem to have learned our lesson,' he said.

Moussawi was allowed to speak in Manchester in December. He has also beeninvited on a speaking tour of five cities from the end of next month..