[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022m-person m-person__popup node node--type-people 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-person-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E  \u003Cimg loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/awlaki_grids\/public\/person_headshots\/Usman%20Ali.jpg?itok=NtFl09J7\u0022 width=\u0022186\u0022 height=\u0022186\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 class=\u0022image-style-awlaki-grids\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n\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  Usman 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\u003EReportedly claimed to send British citizens to fight alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan. Allegedly chanted \u201cGod is great\u201d while showing children videos of the 9\/11 attacks at the Greenwich Islamic Centre in 2007. Subsequently banned for life from the center. Defended British suicide bomber\u0026nbsp;Asif\u0026nbsp;Mohammed\u0026nbsp;Hanif, who killed three people at a Tel Aviv bar in April 2003. Described jihadist attacks in Israel during the second intifada as \u201cdefensive jihad against stolen Muslim land and will continue until it is returned.\u201d Reportedly ran a prayer group attended by Lee Rigby killers Michael\u0026nbsp;Adebolajo\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n          \n              \u003Ch3  class=\u0022a-header--5 field-label-above\u0022\u003EConnection to Anjem Choudary\u003C\/h3\u003E\n  \n              \u003Cp\u003EFormer\u0026nbsp;al-Muhajiroun\u0026nbsp;member and local leader. Reportedly left the organization in 2003 in a disagreement with their tactics in seeking publicity for radical positions, such as publicly supporting the 9\/11 hijackers. He told Al\u0026nbsp;Jazeera\u0026nbsp;that he nonetheless still agreed with the group\u2019s positions.\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\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hopenothate.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/gateway-to-terror-2013-11.pdf\u0022\u003EHope Not Hate\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/uknews\/terrorism-in-the-uk\/10080864\/Woolwich-attack-Lone-wolves-who-run-with-the-pack.html\u0022\u003ETelegraph\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2003\/may\/01\/israel5\u0022\u003EGuardian\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ibtimes.co.uk\/alan-henning-charity-investigated-over-alleged-syria-terror-links-1476176\u0022\u003EInternational Business Times\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/cleric-with-link-to-rigby-killer-arrested-over-cash-for-syria-6sd79670ttd\u0022\u003EThe Times\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.middleeasteye.net\/news\/missing-money-how-british-police-used-cash-seizures-disrupt-syrian-aid-convoys\u0022\u003EMiddle East Eye\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/features\/2013\/12\/british-imam-denies-woolwich-murder-links-201312198958180792.html\u0022\u003EAl Jazeera\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\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":"Usman Ali"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]