Radical Islamist Preacher in Britain Charged with 'Terrorism-Related Offenses'

British police announced on Monday that Anjem Choudary, a radical Islamist preacher of Pakistani descent, who was arrested in London last week, has been charged with three terrorism-related offenses. Choudary, 56, faces charges of membership in a banned organization, managing a terrorist entity, and organizing a meeting to encourage support for the banned organization. Once the most prominent Muslim preacher in Britain, he was imprisoned in 2016 for encouraging support for the 'ISIS' group in the country. He was released in 2018 after serving only half of his five-and-a-half-year sentence. Choudary, who was the former head of the militant network and banned organization known as 'Al-Muhajiroun,' gained notoriety for praising the perpetrators of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States and expressing a desire to convert the British royal palace into a mosque. Choudary's followers have been linked to various plots around the world. Meanwhile, a 28-year-old Canadian citizen named 'Khalid Hussain' has also been charged with membership in a banned organization following his arrest at Heathrow Airport in London. Despite protests, there is insufficient political consensus in Sweden for a 'ban on burning the Quran.' Iraq expelled the Swedish ambassador; the attack on the embassy was deemed a 'security violation.'