Anjem Choudary is a notorious British imam who incites Islamic violence and murder and urges Muslims to follow the path of Muhammad (murder, mayhem and destruction).
It took years, but finally, the British government has put him where he belongs — behind bars.
We have yet to see President Obama criminalize incitement to jihad. On the contrary, his administration has sought to criminalize blasphemy under Islamic law.
BREAKING NEWS: Britain’s most notorious hate preacher Anjem Choudary is finally facing jail after he is found GUILTY of inciting support for ISIS
- Islamist preacher has spent nearly two decades praising violent jihadism
- He organised ‘poppy-burning’ rallies and associated with terrorists
- London-born radical was finally convicted of inviting support for ISIS
- He and his deputy, Mizanur Rahman, now face jail sentences
By Richard Spillett and Duncan Gardham and Lucy Crossley for MailOnline, 16 August 2016:
The UK’s most notorious hate preacher finally faces jail after two decades of taunting authorities and peddling extremism on the streets of Britain.
For years, Anjem Choudary has been the smug public face of radical Islam, organising street protests against British troops and espousing his poisonous views in TV interviews.
But he was finally snared by police for inciting support for ISIS in a series of online lectures.
Choudary has repeatedly provoked the British public with a series of stunts, with his followers burning remembrance poppies and disrupting Armistice Day events.
His group, Al-Muhajiroun, also became a breeding ground for terrorists, most notably Michael Adebolajo, the radical convert who hacked to death soldier Lee Rigby in 2013.
After a trial which has been shrouded in secrecy due another ongoing case, Choudary and his deputy, Mizanur Rahman, were found guilty of ‘inviting support for a proscribed organisation’ under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Following the lifting of court orders banning reporting of the case, their convictions can be revealed for the first time today.
Their trial heard Choudary swore an oath of allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi after the so-called ‘caliphate’ was declared in the Middle East.
He and his deputy then pressed upon Muslims their supposed obligation to ‘make hijrah’, meaning to travel to ISIS-occupied lands, the court heard.
In Choudary’s incendiary speeches, he told his followers that ISIS had met the theological conditions for a legitimate caliphate.
Choudary said: ‘We initiate the jihad against the kuffar [disbelievers] to make the name of Allah in the highest. He never considered defending yourself part of jihad. He said you need to send in the army… It is about time we resumed conquering for the sake of Allah.
‘Next time when your child is at school and the teacher asks, “What is your ambition?” They should say, “to dominate the whole world by Islam, including Britain, that is my ambition”.’
At a time when the ISIS executioner Jihadi John was beheading hostages and posting the videos online, Choudary quoted a saying of the Prophet: ‘Whoever comes to dispute with him, strike his neck.’
Choudary referred to ISIS propaganda videos, and particularly to cutting off the hands of thieves, stoning adulterers and executing apostates, before adding: ‘We can see that in relation to all of the different areas the sharia is being implemented.’
Choudary, who had been optimistic about his chances of being acquitted at his Old Bailey trial, folded his arms and did not react when the jury returned their guilty verdict.
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