Considering the U.K. just released him from prison and set him up in a taxpayer-funded lavish home I’d say he’s in no danger of being deported.

CAIRO (AP) — A statement from the organization posted on a militant website said Abu Qatada’s expulsion would open “an unnecessary door to evil that will harm (Britain) and its subjects.”

Britain has been trying for years to deport the Palestinian-Jordanian Abu Qatada, whose real name is Omar Mahmoud Mohammed Othman. He has been described in both Spanish and British courts as a leading al-Qaeda figure in Europe and a threat to national security.

He spent six years in jail in Britain, although he has never been charged with any crime. He was freed last month on strict bail conditions that expire in three months, making British officials eager to find a solution.

The British have been exploring the possibility of sending him to Jordan, where he has been convicted in absentia of terrorist offenses related to two alleged bomb plots in 1999 and 2000 and would face a retrial if returned.

But the European Court of Human Rights ruled in January that Abu Qatada cannot be sent back to Jordan because of a risk that evidence obtained through torture would be used against him if he is put on trial there.

The al-Qaeda statement also invoked the possibility of torture in Jordan. “To deport him to a country known by everyone for its crimes, is something that we never accept and will not pass without (someone) being held accountable.”