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Their existence gives individuals who are members of them the courage to commit acts which otherwise they might not do. They drive wedges between people who otherwise could and would live together in peaceful coexistence,
Organizations such as yours normalize violence in support of an ideological cause,
Judge Mark Wall told Choudary at London's Woolwich Crown Court That impact is there - al-Muhajiroun has gone down in history and that's why they say 40 per cent of all things associated with us
MI5 had bugged Choudary's home in Ilford, East London and, in a conversation with his wife, Rubina Akhtar on March 22 last year, he told her For over 30 years Anjem Choudary has been a pretty constant presence in counter-terrorism
Commander Dominic Murphy, the head of Scotland Yard's Counter-Terrorism Command, said We ended up having loads of them - if you look in the Terrorist Act they listed about 15 of them - there's another 45, we used to use, so this is just a style and means brother.
In a discussion with members of the Islamic Thinkers' Society on March 26 last year, he advised them to set up a series of different 'platforms' adding There's no doubt, jihad is obliged upon us.
He also encouraged followers to 'fight the crusaders' and told them, on February 19 last year Is terrorism part of the deen [faith]?
A week later, on February 26, Choudary told his audience You don't have electricity?
He promised followers 'free food, clothing, and shelter' under an Islamic state adding There is a lot of media stigma against al-Muhajiroun so I usually don't advertise it
In a voice note sent to Choudary, Hussein said No, no, no, this is talking about the profile, it's clear all of this is talking about the profile over the years.
You know we always manage to escape prosecution
In another recording on June 26, Choudary told them When I say 'us' or 'we', I am always talking about me, I am talking about my experience, I am talking about people in the UK
There is nothing called al-Muhajiroun in Britain at all'
That is a badge of honour for me
It is usually the foot soldiers, the individuals, who are brought into the network who go on to commit the attacks who are brought to justice. And it’s rarely the leader, which is what makes this a particularly important moment.”
What became clear after his licence conditions was that he saw the online space as a means of engaging globally with larger groups of people. And what was clear to us was that, increasingly, there were a larger number of people that were willing to engage with Anjem Choudary online and he was having an influence over those individuals.”
There are individuals that have conducted terrorist attacks or travelled for terrorist purposes as a result of Anjem Choudary’s radicalising impact upon them.”
Commander Dominic Murphy, the head of the Metropolitan police’s counter-terrorism command, said ALM’s tentacles have spread across the world and have had a massive impact on public safety and security.”
During a press conference, he added