Restrictions preventing radical British cleric Anjem Choudary from speaking in
public were lifted on Monday following the expiration of government-imp


<[link removed]>
<[link removed]>
U.K. Lifts Public Speaking Ban On Radical Islamic Cleric Anjem Choudary

 

(New York, N.Y.) – Restrictions preventing radical British cleric Anjem
Choudary <[link removed]> from
speaking in public werelifted
<[link removed]> on Monday following the
expiration of government-imposed conditions on his release. Choudary,
co-founder of the now-banned extremist network al-Muhajiroun, was jailed in
2016 after being convicted of inviting support for ISIS. His teachings have
been linked to numerous extremists and terror attacks in the U.K. and abroad,
including the 2017 London Bridge attack, which killed eight people.

 

In September 2014, British authorities arrested Choudary and his associate
Mohammed Mizanur Rahman
<[link removed]> for
suspected membership inISIS <[link removed]>. The
pair were convicted in 2016 of inviting support for ISIS and each sentenced to
five years and six months in prison. Choudary was released early on October 19,
2018, due to British probation rules allowing for early release after the
completion of half a sentence. For years before his 2014 arrest, Choudary’s
Islamist speeches, anti-Western rhetoric, and declared support for foreign
Islamist movements such as ISIS drew the attention of British authorities, who
connected Choudary to multiple terrorist-related cases in the United Kingdom
and Europe.

 

Choudary had been under strict legal controls since his 2018 early release
from a high-security prison. Under the terms of his release, Choudary was
subjected to more than 20 license conditions by the British government,
including bans on public speaking and talking to the media, restricted Internet
and mobile phone use, and restrictions on contact with suspected
extremists—including former al-Muhajiroun members—without prior approval. The
U.N. Security Council also sanctioned Choudary prior to his release, freezing
all his financial assets and banning him from travel. With the expiration of
the British government controls on his release, Choudary is again free to speak
publicly and voice his support for Islamist propaganda in the United Kingdom.

 

The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) has compiled a list of violent individuals
and organizations
<[link removed]> that
Choudary influenced or communicated with throughout his career. In total, 145
entities—112 individuals and 33 organizations—have been found to have links
with Choudary. Of the 112 individuals, 19 successfully carried out terrorist
attacks, 50 attempted to carry out a terrorist attack, and 38 are Islamist
propagandists or recruiters.

 

To read CEP’s Anjem Choudary resource, please click here
<[link removed]>.

 

To read CEP’s Anjem Choudary’s Ties to Extremists resource, please click here
<[link removed]>.

 

###

Unsubscribe
<[link removed]>