Beirut- Radical Sunni Muslim Sheikh Omar Bakri warned Wednesday all foreign media and especially the British press against defaming his "image and the image of Islam."

"I warn the foreign media if they continue with such stories about me and my family that I will retaliate with the right harsh means," Bakri told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Bakri was referring to British media reports that his daughter was a pole dancer in London and that he had married to a Lebanese woman younger than his daughters.

"This is a campaign against me personally, and Islam in general," Bakri said.

Bakri demanded a DNA test for the girl that British media said was his daughter.

"My daughters are all veiled, and I was separated from my first wife three years ago, and got married to a new Lebanese lady who is not younger than my daughters," Bakri said angrily.

Bakri, said that his daughters were brought up properly in the Muslim faith and that Yasmin or Yussra who claims to be his daughter is not one of his family members.

Yasmin or Yussra Fostok, 27, who claimed to be one of Bakri's daughters, is a single mother and she has admitted that she performs in London bars and nightclubs.

Fostok, who lives in Catford, South London, said: "I don't get on with my dad. I don't agree with his views - I just get on with my life and that is it."

She has changed her Muslim name Yussra to Yasmin, dyed her hair blonde and has a three-year-old son who was conceived during an arranged marriage to a Turkish man which has since
collapsed.

Her father, who has been living in Lebanon since he was exiled from Britain three years ago, said "this is an ugly campaign against Islam."

Bakri sparked outrage for his preaching of hate when he praised the 9/11 bombers and said he would "never condemn Osama bin Laden or any Muslims." (dpa)