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MowCowWhoHow III

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Tue Aug 16, 2016, 11:46 AM Aug 2016

Radical cleric Anjem Choudary guilty of inviting IS support

Source: BBC

Radical UK cleric Anjem Choudary has been convicted of inviting others to support the so-called Islamic State group, it can now be reported.

Choudary, 49, drummed up support for the militant group in a series of talks posted on YouTube, the Old Bailey heard.

Choudary was convicted alongside his confidant, Mohammed Mizanur Rahman.

The Met Police said many people tried for serious offences "attended lectures or speeches given by these men."

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37098751

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Radical cleric Anjem Choudary guilty of inviting IS support (Original Post) MowCowWhoHow III Aug 2016 OP
Will they be deported to live in the IS, among the people they admire so much? Marengo Aug 2016 #1
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