London terrorist Khalid Masood—who killed four people and wounded dozens in London March 22—lived in Luton, a town known as a bastion of Islamic and far-right extremism. In its newest report, CEP profiles 10 areas in Europe, Australia, and North...
CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy writes: "The British public’s first real introduction to Anjem Choudary was as a supporting cast member in Jon Ronson’s 1997 documentary The Tottenham Ayatollah. The pioneering gonzo reporter closely followed the surreal day-to-day of Omar Bakri Muhammad, a Syrian-born former member of both the Muslim Brotherhood and Hizb ut-Tahrir who went on to found the more radical Salafi-jihadist activist network al-Muhajiroun (ALM)."
CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy: "Yesterday, without ever having directed or plotted — much less committed — an act of violence, Anjem Choudary was jailed for a minimum of 28 years for terrorism offences. He was found guilty of continuing to direct the proscribed organisation, al-Muhajiroun (ALM)."
"Liam Duffy, strategic adviser at the Counter Extremism Project think tank, told The National Choudary had caused considerable harm and his fingerprints can be seen in terrorist groups across the world."
Since the expiration of U.K. government restrictions on him last year, internationally designated Islamist cleric and convicted ISIS supporter Anjem Choudary has continued to seek new online platforms for his extremist rhetoric. Six months after the...
In September 2021, internationally designated Islamist cleric and convicted ISIS supporter Anjem Choudary called for the release of Aafia Siddiqui from a U.S. federal prison. Urging allies to take up Siddiqui’s cause, Choudary wrote of “the...
Internationally designated Islamist cleric and convicted ISIS supporter Anjem Choudary, whose ban on public speaking in the United Kingdom expired this July, is once again using social media to spread his extremist messages.
Last Friday, Conservative British MP David Amess was stabbed to death while meeting with constituents. The suspect, Ali Harbi Ali, is a British citizen. Ali had previously been referred to the government program Prevent, which works to divert...
With Anjem Choudary’s public speaking ban lifted by the United Kingdom, the radical British cleric has made multiple attempts to re-establish his online presence on multiple major social media platforms. Already, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and...
Restrictions preventing radical British cleric Anjem Choudary from speaking in public were lifted on Monday following the expiration of government-imposed conditions on his release. Choudary, co-founder of the now-banned extremist network al...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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