Anjem Choudary, the leader of the banned group al-Muhajiroun, has been jailed for life and may never leave prison alive. The extremist preacher was found guilty of directing the group, which is banned under UK terror laws, and encouraging support for it through online meetings. The sentence means he cannot seek to leave jail on licence until he is more than 85 years old.

Choudary appeared shocked and rocked on his feet in the dock as he was given a minimum term of 28 years at Woolwich Crown Court. He was convicted last week of directing a terror organisation after a complex operation involving detectives and investigators in the US, Canada and the UK. Mr Justice Wall said Choudary’s group was a radical organisation that intended to spread sharia law, by violent means, to as much of the world as possible.

Choudary, one of the most notorious radicalisers in the UK, was caught after an international undercover investigation proved that the long-banned al-Muhajiroun network that he headed was still operating in 2021 - and trying to recruit new followers under a false name in North America.





https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3geqp8vx08o

Is that your cousin?

Uncle.

So... out in 4 with "good behaviour"?

I just don't understand people who claim to be religious and engage in and/or promote violence. Seems like "Love thy Neighbor" is like the basic rule of all religions. Are WarMongers who claim to be "Muslim/Christian/Jew/Buddhist" just dumb?

Nope-28 is a minimum tariff, unless he can get it overturned by the supreme court-which would almost certainly uphold the verdict & then his only hope is the European Court Of Human Rights-again very unlikely they would overturn a judge & the supreme court, without there having been major infractions of his rights. He can apply for release when he is 85.