“Guardian”: “preacher of hate” found guilty of supporting IS – Virtual Poland

• The decision ws. Operating in the UK radical imam

 • Anjem Choudary has been named in the media “preacher of hate”

 • has been found guilty of supporting Islamic State (IS)

 • The Court also found that called for oaths of allegiance to IS leaders Abu Bakr al-Bagdadiemu
 

The jury found Choudary guilty in July, but her decision, and the fact that it held such a process were withheld until Tuesday. Judgment on the Imam is to be taken in September; he faces 10 years in prison.

“Choudary is one of the most notorious preachers of hate in the UK (…), who for many years managed to avoid arrest despite manifested sympathy for extremists and ties with some of Britain’s most dangerous terrorists” – writes “The Guardian.”
 

Imam took the oath of allegiance and IS series published on YouTube appeals called to his faithful.
 

 In an interview with the “Guardian” the head of London’s anti-terrorist forces Dean Haydon admitted that for a long time, “environmental SWAT team had no doubt that (Choudary) spread hatred and encourage people to join terrorist organizations.”
 

Haydon added that gathered in the framework of the investigation material concerning the imam documents the 20 years of its operations and contains 12.1 terabytes of data.
 

Choudary not guilty and presented “as a lecturer in Sharia”, which offers only “Islamic perspective”.