The preacher, who had backed the ISIS in an oath of allegiance published online, was imprisoned alongside his 33-year-old aide Mohammed Rahman, also sentenced to five years and six months in prison. UK—based radical Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary was on Tuesday jailed for five-and-a-half years by a British court which convicted him of encouraging support for the Islamic State terrorist group. He has had time to reflect, and on reflection would have done things differently had he known the boundaries of the law. “You are free to hold your views but Parliament has made it an offence to invite support for a proscribed organisation. A terrorist organisation with the support of many will be stronger than that with the support of a few.

Source: The Hindu September 06, 2016 13:41 UTC