Preacher guilty of directing banned terror group
BBC
Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has been found guilty under UK terror laws of directing the banned group Al-Muhajiroun (ALM) and encouraging support for it through online meetings.
Choudary was convicted on Tuesday of taking a “caretaker role” in ALM after a trial at Woolwich Crown Court.
Prosecutors said he directed the terror group for a significant period of time after 2014 and also encouraged support for it by addressing online meetings.
ALM was first banned – or proscribed – by the home secretary in 2006 under the name Al Ghurabaa. In 2010, ALM was included in the ban as an alternate name.
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