Anjem Choudary convicted of supporting ISIS
Anjem Choudary, one of the most notorious hate preachers living in Britain, is facing jail after being found guilty of supporting ISIS.
Anjem Choudary, one of the most notorious hate preachers living in Britain, is facing jail after being found guilty of supporting ISIS.
Having avoided arrest for years despite his apparent sympathy for extremism and links to some of Britain’s most notorious terrorists, Choudary was convicted at the Old Bailey after jurors heard he had sworn an oath of allegiance to ISIS.
Choudary and his co-defendant, Mohammed Rahman, 33, told their supporters to obey Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Isis leader, who is also known as a caliph, and travel to Syria to support Isis or “the caliphate”, the court heard.
Choudary and Rahman face up to 10 years in jail for inviting support for a proscribed organisation. They will be sentenced on 6 September at the Old Bailey.
