[{"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\/Fouad%20Belkacem.jpg?itok=C2qrRpM4\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  Fouad Belkacem\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\u003EFounder of Belgian Islamist group\u0026nbsp;Sharia4Belgium, which radicalized and sent dozens of foreign fighters to Syria. Previously arrested for theft, assault, and other crimes. Arrested in 2015 for leading a terror group. Sentenced in February 2015 to 12 years in prison. Belgium revoked\u0026nbsp;Belkacem\u2019s\u0026nbsp;citizenship in October 2018.\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\u003EMet repeatedly with\u0026nbsp;Choudary\u0026nbsp;and modeled\u0026nbsp;Sharia4Belgium\u0026nbsp;after\u0026nbsp;Choudary\u2019s\u0026nbsp;Islam4UK\u0026nbsp;organization. Founded\u0026nbsp;Sharia4Belgium\u0026nbsp;two months after\u0026nbsp;Choudary\u0026nbsp;announced plans in 2010 to expand\u0026nbsp;Islam4UK\u0026nbsp;into Belgium.\u0026nbsp;Choudary\u0026nbsp;later told the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENew Yorker\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Ethat\u0026nbsp;Belkacem\u0026nbsp;had asked him for advice while visiting London. Co-defendant with\u0026nbsp;Choudary\u0026nbsp;during a 2012 trial in Antwerp, after which a court found\u0026nbsp;Choudary\u0026nbsp;guilty of inciting discrimination, hatred, or violence against a group.\u0026nbsp;Choudary\u0026nbsp;was tried in absentia.\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\/research\/investigations\/is-ambassador-at-large\/choudarys-international-network\/\u0022\u003EHope Not Hate\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-45951138\u0022\u003EBBC News\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-37099622\u0022\u003EBBC News\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/02\/12\/world\/europe\/fouad-belkacem-sharia4belgium-verdict-trial-belgium.html\u0022\u003ENew York Times\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\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":"Fouad Belkacem"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]