(National Post) Canadian man Khaled Hussein was convicted on multiple charges in the United Kingdom under the Terrorism Act, along with radical British preacher Anjem Choudary on Tuesday.
Hussein, 29, of Edmonton was convicted of membership in a proscribed organization.
An RCMP investigation discovered that Hussein was involved in the Islamic Thinkers Society (ITS), also known as Al-Muhajiroun (ALM).
Former followers of ALM have been linked to the murder of 5 people in an attack at Westminster Bridge in London in March 2017, as well as an attack on London Bridge in June 2017 that left 8 people dead.
In October 2019, a branch of the RCMP started looking into “individuals within Alberta who recruit, radicalize, and facilitate entry into violent extremism,” the national police service said in a news release.
