Anjem Choudary

Anjem Choudary
انجم چودهرى
Choudary in 2011
Spokesman for Islam4UK
In office
November 2008 – 14 January 2010
Personal details
Born
Anjem Choudary

(1967-01-18) 18 January 1967 (age 57)
London, England
Spouse
Rubana Akhtar (Akhgar)
(m. 1996)
Children4
Alma materBarts, QMUL, UoL
Soton (withdrew; graduated 1991)
ProfessionFormerly a Solicitor, no longer on the Roll and not entitled to practise
ReligionIslam (Salafi)[1][2][3][4]

Anjem Choudary (Urdu: انجم چودهرى, aka Abu Luqman;[5] 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.[nb 1]

Members of his group have been accused of being linked to between 25[11] and 40%[12][13] of terrorist events in Britain up to 2015 (according to various researchers, journalists and others),[nb 2] and of inspiring more than 100 foreign fighters to fight in jihad (according to the UK government).[13][5] After staying "just within the law" for many years (according to police),[nb 3] in summer of 2014 Choudary pledged allegiance to the Islamic State's "caliphate", and its "caliph" (Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi) by Skype.[6] 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. State Department and the U.N. Security Council freezing his assets. He has been denounced by mainstream Muslim groups[14] 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[15][11]—such as Al Guraba', Islam4UK, Sharia4UK, Sharia4Belgium.[16] 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";[6][17][18][19][20] the conversion of famous British landmarks (Buckingham Palace, Nelson's Column) into palaces for a caliph, minarets, and mosques;[16][21] 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;[22] and declaring that Muslims reject the concepts of freedom of expression,[23] democracy, and human rights.[24]

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,[25] and released automatically on licence in October 2018 with restrictions on speaking in public or to the media.[26]

On 18 July 2021, Choudary's ban on speaking in public was lifted after his licence ended,[27] and as of October 2021 he has reportedly resumed his online campaigns.[28]

  1. ^ Coker, Margaret; Gross, Jenny. "Islamic Preacher Anjem Choudary Charged in U.K. With Inviting Support of Terror". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ Rabasa, Angel; Benard, Cheryl (27 October 2014). Eurojihad: Patterns of Islamist Radicalization and Terrorism in Europe. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781316062685.
  3. ^ Aridi, Sara. "Islamic preacher charged with promoting ISIS in UK". The Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Anjem Choudary: the British extremist who backs the caliphate". The Guardian. 6 September 2014. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Dodd-16-aug-2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b c REALS, TUCKER (6 September 2016). "U.K. sentences radical Islamic preacher for supporting ISIS". CBS News. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  7. ^ Wood, Graeme (2016). "A Dream Deferred". The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State. Random House. pp. 178, 179, 180. ISBN 9780812988765.
  8. ^ AHMED, MUDDASSAR (18 June 2019). "I am a British Muslim, and Anjem Choudary does not represent me". Arab News. Retrieved 7 April 2022. A Google search for 'British Muslim spokesperson' will bring as the top result Anjem Choudary, one of the UK's most dangerous radical preachers, ...
  9. ^ REALS, TUCKER (16 August 2016). "Law catches up with U.K.'s best-known Islamic extremist". CBS News. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  10. ^ White, Mark (29 July 2021). "Anjem Choudary: Islamist hate preacher banned from Twitter". Sky News. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  11. ^ a b c Yeginsu, Ceylan (18 May 2019). "One of U.K.'s Most Prolific Extremist Cells Is Regrouping". The New York Times. New York Times. Retrieved 7 April 2022. 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 ...
  12. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Pantucci-2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference strangers-181 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference denounced was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ Wood, Graeme (2016). "A Dream Deferred". The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State. Random House. p. 186. ISBN 9780812988765. 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 ...
  16. ^ a b Wood, Graeme (2016). "A Dream Deferred". The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State. Random House. p. 180. ISBN 9780812988765.
  17. ^ "Tłumacz Google". translate.google.pl.
  18. ^ "Tłumacz Google". translate.google.pl.
  19. ^ "Tłumacz Google". translate.google.pl.
  20. ^ "Shariya for India, website calls for Islamic revolution on March 3rd". IBTL. 12 February 2012.
  21. ^ Fenton, Siobhan (16 August 2016). "Anjem Choudary proposed converting Buckingham Palace into mosque". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  22. ^ Death Threats and Violence: New Research and Clinical Perspectives, Springer, 5 November 2008, ISBN 9780387766638, retrieved 29 May 2017
  23. ^ Pandey, Avaneesh (6 August 2015). "Anjem Choudary, Radical British Cleric, Charged With 'Inviting Support' For ISIS". International Business Times. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  24. ^ Cite error: The named reference memritv-22-6-2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  25. ^ "Radical cleric Anjem Choudary guilty of inviting IS support". BBC News. 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  26. ^ "Radical preacher Anjem Choudary released". BBC News. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  27. ^ "Hate preacher Anjem Choudary's public speaking ban is lifted". The Telegraph. 18 July 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  28. ^ Dearden, Lizzie (24 October 2021). "Anjem Choudary orchestrating online campaigns in support of extremists despite Isis conviction". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.


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