UK court issues injunction in radical cleric case

By Danica Kirka

Published September 26, 2012 4:00am ET

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UK court issues injunction in radical cleric case — FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2004 file photo, self-styled cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri leads his followers in prayer in a street outside Finsbury Park Mosque, on the first anniversary of its closure by anti-terrorism police, London. Britain is set to extradite its most recognizable extremist, Abu Hamza al-Masri, to the United States, sending a national hate figure to face charges of helping set up a terrorist training camp in rural Oregon. Britain's Home Office said Monday Sept. 24, 2012 that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has lost an appeal regarding his extradition to the United States.(AP Photo/John D McHugh, File) | John D McHugh

LONDON (AP) — A British court issued an interim injunction Wednesday blocking the extradition of a radical cleric to the United States on terror charges, granting a court hearing for an appeal.

Mustafa Kamal Mustafa — who is better known as Abu Hamza al-Masri — challenged his extradition on charges that include helping set up a terrorist training camp in rural Oregon. The appeal marked yet another legal twist in a case that has wound its way through the courts for eight years.

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