Anjem Choudary

Anjem Choudary (born 1967 in Welling , England) is a British former solicitor, and, before it was proscribed , spokesman for the Islamist group Islam4UK . He is married, has four children, and lives in Ilford , London . Choudary became a medical student studying at the University of Southampton , before switching and studying commercial law . He became a solicitor, and chairman of the Society of Muslim Lawyers. He later met Omar Bakri Muhammad , and the two helped form the Islamist organisation, al-Muhajiroun . The group organised several pro-Islam demonstrations, including a banned protest march in London for which Choudary was summonsed to appear in court. Al-Muhajiroun was a controversial organisation, which was later disbanded following the UK government's decision to ban it. Choudary was present at the launch of its intended successor, Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah , and later helped form Al Ghurabaa , which was also banned, before he became the spokesman for Islam4UK . Choudary is a vocal critic of the UK's involvement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and has praised the terrorists involved in the attacks of 11 September 2001, and 7 July 2005. He believes in the implementation of Sharia Law throughout the UK, and marched in protest at the Jyllands-Posten cartoons controversy , following which he was prosecuted for organising an unlawful demonstration. He was also investigated, but not charged, for his 2006 comments regarding Pope Benedict XVI . Choudary has received little support from the mainstream UK Muslim population, and has been largely criticised in the media.

Anjem Choudary (Urdu: انجم چودهرى ; born 1967) is a British Muslim social and political activist . He was previously a solicitor and served as the chairman of the Society of Muslim Lawyers, and, until it was proscribed, as the spokesman for Islamist group, Islam4UK . With Omar Bakri Muhammad , he helped form an Islamist organisation, al-Muhajiroun . The group organised several anti-Western demonstrations, including a banned protest march in London for which Choudary was summonsed to appear in court. Al-Muhajiroun was disbanded following the UK government's decision to ban it. Choudary was present at the launch of its intended successor, Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah , and later helped form Al Ghurabaa , which was also banned. He then became the spokesman for Islam4UK. A critic of the UK's involvement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Choudary praised those responsible for the 11 September 2001 and 7 July 2005 attacks. He supports the implementation of Sharia law throughout the UK and marched in protest at the Jyllands-Posten cartoons controversy , following which he was prosecuted for organising an unlawful demonstration. He was investigated, but not charged, for his comments in 2006 regarding Pope Benedict XVI . He receives little support from mainstream UK Muslims and has been largely criticised in the country's media.

British Muslim social and political activist Anjem Choudary ( Urdu : انجم چودهرى ; born 18 January 1967) is a British Islamist and a social and political activist convicted of inviting support for a proscribed organisation , the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant , under the Terrorism Act 2000 . He was subsequently subject to sanctions by both the U.S. With Omar Bakri Muhammad , Choudary helped form an Islamist organisation, al-Muhajiroun . The group organised several anti-Western demonstrations, including a banned protest march in London for which Choudary was summoned to appear in court. The UK government banned Al-Muhajiroun. Choudary was present at the launch of its intended successor, Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah . He later helped form Al Ghurabaa , which was also banned. Choudary then became the spokesman for Islam4UK until it was proscribed. He has been denounced by mainstream Muslim groups, and has been largely criticised in the UK media. A critic of the UK's involvement in the wars in Iraq (2003–11) and Afghanistan (2001–16), Choudary praised those responsible for the 11 September 2001 and 7 July 2005 attacks. He promotes the implementation of Sharia law throughout the UK, Poland and India. He marched in protest at the Jyllands-Posten cartoons controversy , following which he was prosecuted for organising an unlawful demonstration. During a protest outside Westminster Cathedral in 2006, Choudary told demonstrators that the Pope should be executed for insulting Islam. On 6 September 2016, Choudary was sentenced to five years and six months in prison following conviction for inviting others to support the proscribed organisation ISIS . He was released automatically on licence in October 2018. With Inviting Support of Terror" .

Pakistani-British Islamist and political activist (born 1967) Anjem Choudary ( , aka Abu Luqman; born 18 January 1967) is a Pakistani-British Islamist and a social and political activist who has been described as "the face" of militant Islamism or the "best known" Islamic extremist in Britain. Members of his group have been accused of being linked to between 25 and 40% of terrorist events in Britain up to 2015 (according to various researchers, journalists and others), and of inspiring more than 100 foreign fighters to fight in jihad (according to the UK government). After staying "just within the law" for many years (according to police), in summer of 2014 Choudary pledged allegiance to the Islamic State 's " caliphate ", and its "caliph" ( Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ) by Skype . Two years later he was convicted under the Terrorism Act 2000 of inviting support for a proscribed organisation , namely the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant . He was subsequently subject to sanctions by both the U.S. He has been denounced by mainstream Muslim groups and heavily criticised in the UK media. In 1996, Choudary, with Omar Bakri Muhammad , helped form the Islamist al-Muhajiroun organisation in Britain. The group organised several anti-Western demonstrations, including a banned protest march in London for which Choudary was summoned to appear in court. The UK government banned Al-Muhajiroun in 2010 and Choudary subsequently founded or helped found a series of organizations considered by many to be Al-Muhajiroun under new names —such as Al Guraba', Islam4UK, Sharia4UK, Sharia4Belgium. Among the controversial causes espoused and statements made by Choudary and the group include implementation of Sharia throughout the UK, "Europe, and the wider world"; the conversion of famous British landmarks ( Buckingham Palace , Nelson's Column ) into palaces for a caliph, minarets, and mosques; praise for those responsible for the 11 September 2001 and 7 July 2005 attacks; calling for the execution of the Pope for criticizing the Islamic prophet Muhammad; and declaring that Muslims reject the concepts of freedom of expression, democracy, and human rights. Following his conviction for inviting support for a proscribed organisation on 6 September 2016, Choudary was sentenced to five years and six months in prison, and released automatically on licence in October 2018 with restrictions on speaking in public or to the media. On 18 July 2021, Choudary's ban on speaking in public was lifted after his licence ended, and as of October 2021 he has reportedly resumed his online campaigns. With Inviting Support of Terror" . The Wall Street Journal . The Christian Science Monitor . The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State . A Google search for 'British Muslim spokesperson' will bring as the top result Anjem Choudary, one of the UK's most dangerous radical preachers, ... The New York Times . Founded in 1996, Al Muhajiroun, which has used various names over the years, ... After a period of dormancy, the group is now remobilizing by continuing to change its name ... The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State . Choudary and his followers once performed petty stunts for publicity. The Shariah patrols of Abu Rumaysah and others (since they kept changing the group's name, I began calling them ... The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State . The Telegraph . 18 July 2021 . "Anjem Choudary orchestrating online campaigns in support of extremists despite Isis conviction" . There are <ref group=nb> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).