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Islamic hate preacher who called for gays to be 'executed' and lectured in Orlando weeks before nightclub massacre flees Australia
British-born Farrokh Sekaleshfar boarded a flight at Sydney Airport on Tuesday night after it emerged his visa was under review.
Here is pictured outside the Imam Husain Islamic Centre in Sydney on Tuesday
Mr Sekaleshfar said he made the 'voluntary decision' to leave Australia and his visa, which had been under review by the immigration department, had not been cancelled. 'All I want to say, because I know this got caught up in the political area and everything, that never have I incited hatred or violence against human beings,' he told the ABC at Sydney Airport.
- Farrokh Sekaleshfar was in Orlando earlier this year giving public lectures
- In online videos Mr Sekaleshfar said homosexuals should be 'executed'
- 49 people were killed when gunman opened fire in Orlando gay nightclub
- The preacher was in Sydney and authorities announced review of his visa
- Mr Sekaleshfar boarded a flight out of Australia on Tuesday night
- The Briton condemned the killings and insisted he had no connection
British-born Farrokh Sekaleshfar boarded a flight at Sydney Airport on Tuesday night after it emerged his visa was under review.
Here is pictured outside the Imam Husain Islamic Centre in Sydney on Tuesday
Mr Sekaleshfar said he made the 'voluntary decision' to leave Australia and his visa, which had been under review by the immigration department, had not been cancelled. 'All I want to say, because I know this got caught up in the political area and everything, that never have I incited hatred or violence against human beings,' he told the ABC at Sydney Airport.