[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022m-person m-person__popup node node--type-leader node--view-mode-anjem-choudary-content ds-1col clearfix\u0022\u003E\n\n  \n\n  \n\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022m-person__image\u0022\u003E\n    \n                \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-extremist-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E  \u003Cimg loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/extremist_image\/Ali%20Harbi%20Ali.jpg\u0022 width=\u0022220\u0022 height=\u0022220\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n          \n      \n                \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-node-link field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E  \u003Ca href=\u0022\/extremists\/ali-harbi-ali\u0022 class=\u0022a-button--center\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EView Report\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n          \n      \n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv  class=\u0022m-person__meta\u0022\u003E\n    \n                \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch2 class=\u0022a-header--3\u0022\u003E\n  Ali Harbi Ali\n\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n          \n      \n                \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-anjem-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EStabbed to death British parliamentarian David Amess on October 15, 2021. Arrested at the scene. Police labeled the incident a terrorist attack\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E \u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003Eand reported a \u201cpotential motivation linked to Islamist extremism.\u201d\u0026nbsp;Convicted on April 11, 2022, of murder and preparing terrorist acts. Sentenced to life in prison.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n          \n              \u003Ch3  class=\u0022a-header--5 field-label-above\u0022\u003EConnection to Anjem Choudary\u003C\/h3\u003E\n  \n              \u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EAli reportedly radicalized online. He allegedly began watching Choudary\u2019s lectures on YouTube while in high school. Friends reportedly told Ali that Choudary was an extremist who hated the West, but Ali continued to watch Choudary\u2019s videos. The day after Amess\u2019s murder, Choudary suggested Amess had been killed for holding pro-Israel views. According to preliminary investigations, however, Ali allegedly chose Amess randomly because he had been able to arrange an in-person meeting with the politician. After Ali\u2019s conviction in April 2022, Choudary accused the United Kingdom of radicalizing Ali through its \u201cforeign policy in Syria and Iraq.\u201d Choudary also blamed Amess\u2019s death on the United Kingdom\u2019s refusal to allow Ali to leave the country to join ISIS, writing Amess would still be alive if Ali had been allowed to leave. He further wrote the media would \u201cpaint Ali as a monster.\u201d\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n      \n  \n\n\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-anjem-sources field--type-text-long field--label-inline\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field__label\u0022\u003ESources\u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/crime\/amess-murder-mp-ali-harbi-ali-b1939934.html\u0022\u003EIndependent\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/uk-pm-johnson-visits-church-where-lawmaker-was-stabbed-death-2021-10-16\/\u0022\u003EReuters\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003Cem\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/3876488\/david-amess-murder-suspect-radicalise-anjem-choudary\/\u0022\u003ESun\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10099513\/Preacher-sparks-fury-suggesting-Sir-David-Amess-killed-pro-Israel.html\u0022\u003EDaily Mail\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2021\/10\/17\/sir-david-amess-murder-suspect-had-considered-killing-mps-telegraph\/\u0022\u003ETelegraph\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.met.police.uk\/news\/update-investigation-into-murder-of-sir-david-amess-mp-435687\u0022\u003EMetropolitan Police\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/18286915\/anjem-choudary-blames-britain-radicalising-mp-david-amesss-killer\/\u0022\u003ESun\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\/1597194\/sir-david-amess-murder-ISIS-Anjem-Choudary-Ali-Harbi-Ali-syria-latest\u0022\u003EExpress\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/crime\/sir-david-amess-ali-harbi-ali-murder-terror-attack-b2056986.html\u0022\u003EIndependent\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n              \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n","dialogOptions":{"closeOnEscape":true,"minWidth":850,"resizable":true,"modal":true,"title":"Ali Harbi Ali"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]