Anjem Choudary, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Anjem Choudary

British Muslim social and political activist

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1967

Place of Birth: Welling, England, United Kingdom

Profession: solicitor, religious servant

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Anjem Choudary

  • Anjem Choudary (Urdu: ???? ??????; born 18 January 1967) is a British Islamist and a 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.
  • 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 has been denounced by mainstream Muslim groups, and has been largely criticised in the UK media. A critic of the UK's involvement in the wars in Iraq (2003–2011) and Afghanistan (2001–2016), Choudary praised those responsible for the 11 September 2001 and 7 July 2005 attacks.
  • He promotes the implementation of Sharia law throughout the UK, Poland and India.
  • He marched in protest at the Jyllands-Posten cartoons controversy, following which he was prosecuted for organising an unlawful demonstration.
  • During a protest outside Westminster Cathedral in 2006, Choudary told demonstrators that the Pope should be executed for insulting Islam.On 6 September 2016, Choudary was sentenced to five years and six months in prison following conviction for inviting others to support the proscribed organisation ISIS.
  • He was released automatically on licence in October 2018.

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