Radical preacher directed banned group, court hears

(BBC) Undercover officers in the US recorded lectures by radical preacher Anjem Choudary which show he was the director of a group banned under UK terror laws, a court has heard.

Mr Choudary, 57, faces charges including that he “directed” the group Al-Muhajiroun.

He is on trial at Woolwich Crown Court alongside Khaled Hussein, 29, from Edmonton in Canada, who is charged with being a member of a banned organisation.

Both men deny the charges.

Opening the prosecution, Tom Little KC said both men had a “radical mindset.”

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