Who is Anjem Choudary?
Choudary used to party hard at university -- where, as a young law student, he was known as Andy -- but is now a hard-line Islamist, advocating the introduction of laws based on the "I believe that the Sharia is the best way of life," he told CNN. "I believe that one day it will come to America and to the rest of the world."
If that comes to pass, he says: "of course, alcohol will be banned, drugs will be banned, pornography will be banned, gambling will be banned.""I preach jihad everywhere in the world but how that manifests itself is different," he told CNN while on bail in December 2015. "From here we can support the Muslims around the world. In other places Muslims are fighting."
In an earlier interview, he claimed: "The best death is one of martyrdom. I would love to die defending myself and my community, but of course death is in the hands of God; our life span will end when he decides."Defending his own decision not to go to Syria, he explained: "My passport has been taken away ... I will continue to struggle, wherever I am."
He thinks the Islamic State is paradise
"There is peace. There's no corruption, there's no bribery, there's no usury, there's no alcohol, gambling -- all of the vices which you're used to in America and other parts of the world don't "I believe that Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi -- may Allah protect him -- has brought in the dawn of a new era," he told CNN's Nima Elbagir while on bail awaiting trial in December 2015.
And that "moderate" Islam does not exist
"There is no such thing as a 'radical' or a 'moderate' form of Islam," he insists. "A woman is either pregnant or not pregnant.
"If you abide by Islam, you'll follow what is in the Quran and the traditions of the prophet.He believes notorious acts of terrorism are justified
"What took place on 9/11 or 7/7, or on 3/7 in Madrid, I can see they have an Islamic justification," he says.Choudary insists attackers from al Qaeda and ISIS are following the teachings of Islam - a viewpoint refuted by more moderate clerics.
"The Quran says, 'Whatever the prophet did, do it; whatever the prophet forbade, forbid it ... the prophet himself sent many people to assassinate others," he told CNN in 2015.In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo killings in Paris, he said the cartoonists who died had brought the attack on themselves by "dishonoring" the prophet Mohammed
"I think the cause has an effect; if I need to condemn, I need to condemn the provocation ... I cannot condemn them [the killers] ... they have a juristic opinion which they are following."
He's an unapologetic propagandist for ISIS
"I am very proud and happy to lay the seeds of Islam in the hearts and minds of Muslim youths. There is nothing wrong with that," he insists.
"My love for Allah, his messenger, love for the sharia, love for the khilafah [caliphate], love for even jihad. This is part and parcel of Islam, however much people might demonize it.
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