Anjem Choudary in court over ‘terror group’ charges

July 24, 2023 and   

(BBC) Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has appeared in court accused of directing banned group Al-Muhajiroun.

The 56-year-old Islamist from east London has also been charged with addressing meetings to encourage support for the organisation.

Another man, Khaled Hussein, 28, was charged on Monday, accused of being a member of the same group.

Both appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court and did not enter pleas.

An offshoot of Al-Muhajiroun was banned, or proscribed, in 2006 for glorifying terrorism.

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