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05 Aug 15
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Radical preacher Anjem Choudary has appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with inviting support for the so-called Islamic State.
He and another man Mohammed Rahman, indicated they would plead not guilty.
Anjem Choudary was remanded in custody until 28 August.
Both men have each been charged with one offence under section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000, alleged to have taken place between 29 June 2014 and 6 March this year.
The BBC's Simon Jones, reporting from outside the court, said that when asked by the judge to give an indication of how he would be pleading Choudary said: "Cameron and the police are guilty."
The judge replied to say he took that to mean he would be pleading not guilty.
Mr Choudary 48, was described in court as a "high-profile figure" in the media and on social media.
The court also heard that the charge is related to him sending messages to his 32,000 followers on Facebook.
'Lectures'
Mr Choudary, of Ilford in east London, and Mohammed Rahman, 32, of Whitechapel in east London, were arrested on 25 September last year on suspicion of being members of IS, which is a proscribed organisation.
Proscription means membership of the militant group is a criminal offence, and that the organisation cannot lawfully operate in the UK.
Sue Hemming, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "It is alleged that Anjem Choudary and Mohammed Rahman invited support for Isis [also known as IS] in individual lectures which were subsequently published online."
Mr Choudary is the former UK head of Islamist group al-Muhajiroun - also known as Islam4UK - which was banned in 2010.
The former lawyer planned an Islam4UK march through Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, to honour Muslims killed in the Afghanistan conflict, but those plans were later scrapped.
The town is where repatriated bodies of dead UK soldiers were driven through the streets from nearby RAF Lyneham.
Ofcom launched an investigation into interviews broadcast on BBC, ITV and Channel 4 with Mr Choudary in the days following the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby.
He and another man Mohammed Rahman, indicated they would plead not guilty.
Anjem Choudary was remanded in custody until 28 August.
Both men have each been charged with one offence under section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000, alleged to have taken place between 29 June 2014 and 6 March this year.
The BBC's Simon Jones, reporting from outside the court, said that when asked by the judge to give an indication of how he would be pleading Choudary said: "Cameron and the police are guilty."
The judge replied to say he took that to mean he would be pleading not guilty.
Mr Choudary 48, was described in court as a "high-profile figure" in the media and on social media.
The court also heard that the charge is related to him sending messages to his 32,000 followers on Facebook.
'Lectures'
Mr Choudary, of Ilford in east London, and Mohammed Rahman, 32, of Whitechapel in east London, were arrested on 25 September last year on suspicion of being members of IS, which is a proscribed organisation.
Proscription means membership of the militant group is a criminal offence, and that the organisation cannot lawfully operate in the UK.
Sue Hemming, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "It is alleged that Anjem Choudary and Mohammed Rahman invited support for Isis [also known as IS] in individual lectures which were subsequently published online."
Mr Choudary is the former UK head of Islamist group al-Muhajiroun - also known as Islam4UK - which was banned in 2010.
The former lawyer planned an Islam4UK march through Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, to honour Muslims killed in the Afghanistan conflict, but those plans were later scrapped.
The town is where repatriated bodies of dead UK soldiers were driven through the streets from nearby RAF Lyneham.
Ofcom launched an investigation into interviews broadcast on BBC, ITV and Channel 4 with Mr Choudary in the days following the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby.
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Bacon sandwich for his last meal then the death penalty...job done...
Put them on a plane and stick them on a island and let them get feckin on with it 
a bit like Australia 
a bit like Australia
prob a march already arranged to protest his innocence with flags of "down with Britain" and "sharia law for the uk"
not sure why he isn't tried for treason, along with anyone holding placards with such slogans on.
not sure why he isn't tried for treason, along with anyone holding placards with such slogans on.
when ever I see him and his crew with their placards advocating sharia law for the uk etc etc there's always part of me that would like them to get a double tap to the back of the head there and then
I am just waiting for him to say he is an alternative comedian and its all been one big pass take the comedy beard and fancy dress
Cameron should ask Pootin for the loan of a Russky umbrella..
Ricky Gervais didn't think an Islamic preacher would work well in the sitcom ^^^
Dear Home Secretary
Could you possibly lock up the "32,000 followers" and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg just to be on the safe side?
tia
D
Could you possibly lock up the "32,000 followers" and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg just to be on the safe side?
tia
D
How did we ever let such scum into our Country !
They come from some Muslin ****hole to the UK and claim asylum ...then want to turn the UK into the ****hole they've fled from ???
I just don't get it !
They come from some Muslin ****hole to the UK and claim asylum ...then want to turn the UK into the ****hole they've fled from ???
I just don't get it !
I have never got why the lefties and the bbc want them all to come to the uk, just look at the origin of where they come from, looks like a place if you wanted to film a 15th century film.
We make the laws which defend them, shouldn't we make the laws that kick them out or jail them?
No harm but he preaches treason, 100 years ago that was death but he should be locked up straight away.
No harm but he preaches treason, 100 years ago that was death but he should be locked up straight away.
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