{"id":6244,"date":"2015-08-09T06:15:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T05:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=6244"},"modified":"2015-08-11T06:27:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T05:27:58","slug":"uk-anjem-choudary-charged-with-supporting-islamic-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2015\/08\/09\/uk-anjem-choudary-charged-with-supporting-islamic-state\/","title":{"rendered":"UK: Anjem Choudary Charged With Supporting Islamic State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/anjem-chouddary-sharia4uk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6245\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/anjem-chouddary-sharia4uk.jpg\" alt=\"anjem chouddary sharia4uk\" width=\"610\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/anjem-chouddary-sharia4uk.jpg 610w, https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/anjem-chouddary-sharia4uk-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Anjem Choudary, one of the most outspoken and provocative Islamists in Britain today, has been remanded in custody, charged with the terrorism offense of encouraging people to join the Islamic State.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>UK: Anjem Choudary Charged With Supporting Islamic State<\/h3>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/6315\/anjem-choudary-islamic-state\" target=\"_blank\">UK: Anjem Choudary Charged With Supporting Islamic State<\/a> | August 9, 2015<\/p>\n<p>Anjem Choudary, one of the most outspoken and provocative Islamists in Britain today, has been remanded in custody, charged with the terrorism offense of encouraging people to join the Islamic State.<\/p>\n<p>The charge is related to Choudary sending messages to his 32,000 followers on Facebook, allegedly encouraging them to join the radical Sunni Islamist group that has taken control over large parts of Syria and Iraq, and has threatened to attack targets in Europe and North America.<\/p>\n<p>The effort to prosecute Choudary \u2014 well known for his relentless efforts to implement Islamic Sharia law in the UK \u2014 indicates that the British government intends to follow through on its recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/6227\/david-cameron-islamic-extremism\" target=\"_blank\">pledge<\/a> to crack down on radical Islam in the country.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen, however, if Choudary\u2019s detention will serve as a deterrent to other Islamists in Britain. A recent BBC <a href=\"http:\/\/comres.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BBC-Today-Programme_British-Muslims-Poll_FINAL-Tables_Feb2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">poll<\/a> found that 45% of British Muslims believe extremist clerics who preach violence against the West are not \u201cout of touch\u201d with mainstream Muslim opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Choudary was originally <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4745\/anjem-choudary\" target=\"_blank\">arrested<\/a> in September 2014 during police raids in London as part of an ongoing Metropolitan Police investigation into Islamist-related terrorism. 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