Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary appears in court charged with terror offences

The 56-year-old is charged with three terror offences and 28-year old Khaled Hussein is charged with one terror offence.
Radical preacher Anjem Choudary (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
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Gwyn Wright24 July 2023
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Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary has appeared in court charged with three terror offences relating to banned organisation Al-Muhajiroun.

The 56-year-old appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday along with 28-year-old Khaled Hussein, who lives in Canada.

Choudary, from east London, was charged on Sunday with directing a terrorist organisation, being a member of a proscribed organisation and addressing meetings to encourage support for a proscribed organisation.

Hussein is charged with membership of a proscribed organisation.

Choudary was arrested in east London on July 17, while Hussein was detained at Heathrow after arriving on a flight the same day.

The court remanded them in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on August 4.

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