File Abu Qatada: UK-based Islamist to be deported to Jordan Radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada is to be deported from Britain to Jordan on Sunday, after the two governments approved a treaty paving the way for his extradition ending years of litigation, a Jordanian official said on Wednesday. The Jordanian preacher was sent to jail in March for allegedly breaching his bail conditions. File images of Abu Qatada