Anjem Choudary
| Anjem Choudary | |
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Choudary in 2011
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| Former spokesman for Islam4UK | |
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In office November 2008 – 14 January 2010 |
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| Born |
18 January 1967 Welling, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Rubana Akhtar/Akhgar (m. 1996) |
| Residence | HMP Belmarsh, London |
| Alma mater | University of Southampton |
| Profession | Solicitor |
| Religion | Sunni Islam (Salafi) |
Anjem Choudary (Urdu: انجم چودهرى; born 18 January 1967) is a British Islamist social and political activist convicted of inviting support for a proscribed organisation, namely the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, under the Terrorism Act 2000. He was previously a solicitor and served, until it was proscribed, as the spokesman for Islam4UK.
With Omar Bakri Muhammad, Choudary helped form an Islamist organisation, al-Muhajiroun. 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 and Choudary was present at the launch of its intended successor, Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah. He later helped form Al Ghurabaa, which was also banned. Choudary then became the spokesman for Islam4UK. He receives little support from mainstream UK Muslims and has been largely criticised in the country's media.
A critic of the UK's involvement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Choudary praised those responsible for the 11 September 2001 and 7 July 2005 attacks. He supports the implementation of Sharia law throughout the UK and Poland. He marched in protest at the Jyllands-Posten cartoons controversy, following which he was prosecuted for organising an unlawful demonstration. He was investigated, but not charged, for his comments in 2006 regarding Pope Benedict XVI.
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