[{"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\/Abu%20Izzadeen.png\u0022 width=\u0022568\u0022 height=\u0022567\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\/abu-izzadeen\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  Abu Izzadeen\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\u003EBorn Trevor Brooks. Islamist propagandist and radical cleric who has been imprisoned in the United Kingdom for inciting and fundraising for terrorism and for association with radical Islamist groups Al\u0026nbsp;Ghurabaa\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;al-Muhajiroun. Arrested in 2008 alongside Shah\u0026nbsp;Jalal\u0026nbsp;Hussain, Simon\u0026nbsp;Keeler, Abdul\u0026nbsp;Saleem, Ibrahim Hassan, and Abdul\u0026nbsp;Muhid\u0026nbsp;in relation to extremist speeches at the Regent\u2019s Park mosque on November 9, 2004. The group called for the assassination of George W. Bush and Tony Blair, for Muslims to become foreign fighters, and for Muslims to obey Osama bin Laden. Convicted of fundraising for terrorism and inciting violence against British and U.S. forces. Sentenced in April 2008 to three years and six months in prison. Arrested in November 2015 aboard a Romania-bound train with convicted terrorist Simon\u0026nbsp;Keeler, in violation of travel restrictions. Sentenced to two years in prison in January 2016. Reportedly released in December 2017.\u003C\/p\u003E\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\u003EReportedly served as an enforcer for al-Muhajiroun and bodyguard for Omar Bakri Muhammad. Choudary condemned Izzadeen\u2019s 2007 arrest on terror charges as part of a \u201cwitch hunt\u201d against Muslims. Izzadeen and Choudary subsequently led protests and spoke together at events. Led al-Muhajiroun successor group al-Ghurabaa in 2004. Launched Ahl ul-Sunnah Wa al-Jamma\u2014another iteration of al-Muhajiroun\u2014in November 2005 alongside Choudary, Keeler, and Abu Uzair. 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