He’ll be out stirring up trouble again in no time at all.
LONDON – Firebrand Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary, who radicalized dozens of ISIS recruits including the man believed to have beheaded American journalist James Foley, was sentenced Tuesday to more than 5 years in prison for inciting others to commit acts of terrorism.
In handing down what was deemed a lenient sentence, Sir Timothy Victor Holroyde, justice of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division, had harsh words for Choudary, who he said “crossed the line between the legitimate expression of your own views and a criminal act.”
He was facing up to 10 years.
“A significant proportion of those listening to your words would be impressionable persons looking to you for guidance on how to act,” he said, noting that the 47-year-old former barrister had failed to condemn “any aspect” of what ISIS was doing.