{"id":2316757,"date":"2024-07-31T13:50:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T17:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-islamist-preacher-slapped-with-life-in-prison-after-damning-terrorist-connection-deaths-of-very-many-people\/"},"modified":"2024-07-31T13:53:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T17:53:31","slug":"radical-islamist-preacher-slapped-with-life-in-prison-after-damning-terrorist-connection-deaths-of-very-many-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-islamist-preacher-slapped-with-life-in-prison-after-damning-terrorist-connection-deaths-of-very-many-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Radical Islamist Preacher Slapped with Life in Prison After Damning Terrorist Connection &#8211; &#8216;Deaths of Very Many People&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fradical-islamist-preacher-slapped-with-life-in-prison-after-damning-terrorist-connection-deaths-of-very-many-people%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2316757&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Anjem Choudary, a prominent\u2063 supporter of\u2062 Islamist terrorism,\u2064 has been sentenced \u2063to life in prison \u200cin\u2064 the UK for \u200dhis leadership role in \u2063the terrorist group al-Muhajiroun (ALM). At\u200c 57, Choudary was convicted in Woolwich Crown Court for activities that persisted even after ALM was banned in\u200c 2010. \u200bDespite claiming to have left the organization in 2004, he was found to still be an influential figure, giving online lectures as late as July 2023. Justice Mark Wall described Choudary as a dangerous offender, emphasizing that his actions posed significant risks\u2063 of \u2064violence and fear related to terrorism.\u200b Choudary&#8217;s extremist views, which include admiration\u2063 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/penn-and-harvard-raked-in-19-7-million-from-qatar-and-saudi-arabia-in-last-two-years\/\" title=\"Penn and Harvard received .7 million from Qatar and Saudi Arabia in the past two years\">terrorist\u200b leaders<\/a> and denial of historical\u200d atrocities,\u200c have been well-documented and publicly\u200c shared over the years.\u200d His sentencing not \u2062only \u2064represents the culmination of years of scrutiny but \u200balso aims to mitigate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">threat posed<\/a> by his ideologies, which have influenced many young men towards radicalization.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Well, it&rsquo;s only taken a quarter of a century, but Britain has finally put one of its most ardent and outspoken Islamist terror supporters behind bars for life.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/radical-preacher-anjem-choudary-terrorism-uk-sentence-f250e540d916f227db3b5a34877f01e2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>, 57-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/oops-islamic-org-calls-for-banning-of-hate-forgets-theyd-have-to-ban-quran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anjem Choudary<\/a> received a life sentence in Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday for his role directing the terrorist group al-Muhajiroun, also known as ALM.<\/p>\n<p>The group was effectively banned in the U.K. in 2010, long after Choudary and others associated with it had become notorious for their promotion of the organization and its offshoots.<\/p>\n<p>While Choudary said he&rsquo;d left the organization in 2004, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cg3j7x04wvwo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>, prosecutors provided evidence that he was still acting as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-time-for-the-people-of-new-york-to-determine-andrew-cuomos-fate\/\" title=\"It\u2019s Time For The People Of New York To Determine Andrew Cuomo\u2019s Fate\">effective leader<\/a> of the group as late as July 2023, when he gave a series of online lectures to an American offshoot of ALM.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Mark Wall bought the prosecution&rsquo;s version and said Choudary &ldquo;was front and center in running a terrorist organization,&rdquo; which &ldquo;encouraged young men into radical activity,&rdquo; the AP reported.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Your actions while directing Al-Muhajiroun ran the risk of causing or contributing to the deaths of very many people,&rdquo; Wall said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In addition, by running an organization such as Al-Muhajiroun, you contributed in a significant way to the fear of terrorist attack by radical Islamic organizations, which then existed in this country and abroad.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>ALM was founded in 1996 and underwent a series of name changes over its lifetime. It was first banned under the name Al Ghurabaa in 2006 by the United Kingdom&rsquo;s home secretary; in 2010, ALM was listed as an alias for the organization, according to the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Choudary has made no secret of his views. In 2016, he was sentenced for supporting a banned organization &mdash; namely, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-admins-immigration-victory-lap-gets-interrupted-isis-bombshell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamic State group<\/a>, which controlled a wide swath of the Middle East at the time and ran it as a de facto caliphate, with the public beheadings to boot.<\/p>\n<p>During his trial, Choudary tried to explain away a 2014 in which he said &ldquo;Allah bless Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the Khalifah&rdquo; &mdash; in reference to the former Islamic State group leader. He told the jury that he really believed that al-Baghdadi had established a caliphate under Islamic law. (If only he&rsquo;d called al-Baghdadi an &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wapo-glowingly-describes-dead-isis-leader-austere-religious-scholar-get-ripped-shreds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">austere religious scholar<\/a>,&rdquo; as The Washington Post infamously did when he died in 2019, maybe he&rsquo;d gotten away with it.)<\/p>\n<p>The problem is, given Choudary&rsquo;s history, he may really view the Islamic State group&rsquo;s barbaric reign as the apotheosis of what a true Islamic state might indeed look like to him.<\/p>\n<p>In a copy of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/R-v-Choudary-and-another-Sentencing-Remarks.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sentencing remarks<\/a>, Justice Wall said that he must &ldquo;consider whether you are a dangerous offender.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have no doubt that you are. I watched you give evidence for about a week. You are an intelligent man and a persuasive speaker to those who are open to the messages of hate which you spread,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You are a man of great determination who has continued to pursue your aims despite your previous conviction for a terrorist offense and subsequent imprisonment. You have no doubt as to the rectitude of your views. Your views are entrenched and abhorrent to most right-thinking people. It was chilling to hear as part of the evidence at trial your denial of the Holocaust, and your joking about the 9\/11 attacks which remarks I am sure were designed to signify approval for what happened that day in New York.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Wall found that Choudary became leader of ALM upon the departure of his mentor, Omar Bakhri Mohammed, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/israels-signals-taking-war-lebanon-biden-scrambling-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lebanon<\/a> in 2014 until his arrest in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>However, as early as 1999, Choudary, the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20090212124550\/http:\/\/www.indianexpress.com\/res\/web\/pIe\/ie\/daily\/19991108\/ige08092.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Express<\/a> reported, was telling the media that insurgents fighting for Osama bin Laden&rsquo;s International Islamic Front in Chechnya were receiving training on British soil.<\/p>\n<p>He told reporters conducting an undercover investigation that jihadists, &ldquo;before they go abroad to fight for organizations like the IIF, the volunteers are trained in Britain. Some of the training does involve guns and live ammunition.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And, if you needed a spokesman for Islamic extremism, the British media were all too happy to have him on to spread his views &mdash; such as this 2010 interview with Jeremy Paxman, one of the U.K.&rsquo;s most distinguished TV interviewers:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5FT-CTA8tpA?si=1md37qnw_815yNST\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>If you needed to know what this guy was about &mdash; in 1999, in 2010, or in 2024 &mdash; he was more than happy to tell you, in other words. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-europol-report-details-islamic-state-propaganda-for-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">And Britain<\/a> was more than happy to listen, even though evidence connected him to terrorist groups for years.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he&rsquo;ll have the rest of his life to spread this message to the prison population. 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Anjem Choudary, 57, was given a life sentence at Woolwich Crown Court for leading the terrorist organization al-Muhajiroun (ALM). This group was effectively banned in the UK in 2010, long after Choudary and his associates had gained notoriety for promoting it and its offshoots. Although Choudary claimed he left the organization in 2004, prosecutors presented evidence showing he continued to act as a leader as recently as July 2023 by delivering online lectures to an American branch of ALM. Justice Mark Wall accepted this evidence and stated that Choudary &#8220;was front and center&#8221; in managing a terrorist organization that encouraged young men towards radical activities.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Wall emphasized that Choudary&#8217;s actions while directing Al-Muhajiroun posed significant risks of causing numerous deaths and contributed greatly to public fear regarding terrorist attacks from radical Islamic groups both domestically and internationally. Founded in 1996, ALM underwent several name changes before being banned under the name Al Ghurabaa in 2006; it was listed as an alias for the group by the UK government in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Choudary has been open about his extremist views; he previously received a sentence for supporting ISIS when it controlled large areas of the Middle East. During his trial, he attempted to justify past statements praising ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi by claiming belief that he established a caliphate under Islamic law. Justice Wall noted that there is no doubt about Choudary being a dangerous offender due to his intelligence and persuasive speaking skills aimed at spreading hate.<\/p>\n<p>Wall also highlighted disturbing aspects of Choudary&#8217;s character revealed during trial proceedings\u2014his denial of the Holocaust and joking remarks about the September 11 attacks suggested approval for those events. Furthermore, Wall determined that after Omar Bakhri Mohammed left for Lebanon in 2014, Choudary took over leadership of ALM until his arrest nearly nine years later.<\/p>\n<p>Choudary had been vocal about jihadist training occurring on British soil since at least 1999 when discussing insurgents linked with Osama bin Laden\u2019s International Islamic Front fighting in Chechnya. He openly stated that volunteers were trained within Britain before going abroad to fight with such organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Despite having connections with terrorism over many years, British media frequently provided him platforms to express his extremist views\u2014demonstrating how willing they were to listen despite clear evidence against him. Now sentenced for life imprisonment, he will have ample opportunity to share these beliefs among fellow inmates\u2014where many believe he truly belongs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2316758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Anjem-Choudary.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[33118,27245,24210,36787,6039],"class_list":["post-2316757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-legal-proceedings","tag-life-sentence","tag-preacher","tag-radical-islamism","tag-terrorism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Anjem-Choudary.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2316757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2316758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2316757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2316757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2316757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}