Anjem Choudary associates: Extremists linked with infamous hate preacher

Brought to justice: Anjem Choudary is facing jail for drumming up support for the Islamic State terror group
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Anjem Choudary, Britain's most notorious hate preacher, was today finally convicted of terror offences after he urged followers to support Islamic State terrorists

The radical cleric has acted as a guide for some of Britain's most dangerous extremists while he promoted an ideology of hate for two decades.

Here's some of the notorious allies linked to Choudary.

Siddhartha Dhar

A bouncy castle salesman turned ISIS executioner, Dhar was a key aide to Choudary, a spokesman for ALM, and central to the case against Choudary, having urged him to sign the oath of allegiance to ISIS because it would be “gold on Twitter”.

Choudary’s trial had to be delayed by several months after Dhar was unmasked in January as the barbaric ISIS executioner who had replaced Jihadi John.

The father-of-four from Walthamstow was arrested alongside the hate preacher, but skipped bail to go to Syria before he could face justice.

Jihadist: Siddhartha Dhar, also known as Abu Rumaysah, poses with a baby and a gun

Omar Bakri Muhammad

Muhammad founded Al-Muhajiroun in the 1990s, and the organisation continues under different guises to this day.

The hate cleric referred to the 7/7 bombers as "the fantastic four" and regularly appeared alongside Choudary at rallies until he was banished from the UK in 2005.

Now languishing in a Lebanese prison after being convicted of terrorism offences.

Michael Adebolajo

Serving a whole life sentence for the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, Adebolajo converted from Christianity to Islam and became a member of Choudary's Al-Muhajiroun group.

They were pictured together at a rally in Paddington Green in 2007. After the soldier's murder, Choudary declared himself "proud" of Adebolajo and said Lee Rigby would "burn in hellfire" as a non-Muslim.

Radicalised: Michael Adebolajo converted from Christianity to become a member of Choudary's Al-Muhajiroun group 
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Brustholm Ziamani

This 19-year-old devout Jehovah's Witness was converted by Choudary to radical Islam, and within weeks had planned a Lee Rigby style beheading.

Ziamani was caught wandering the streets of London with a knife wrapped in an Islamic flag and a hammer, looking for a soldier to murder.

Nadir Syed

Syed was another of Choudary's followers who plotted a Lee Rigby style murder on London's streets.

He was arrested hours after buying a chef's knife for the murderous plot. Syed had links to Choudary through the Al Muhajiroun network.

Convicted: Nadir Syed was found guilty after a trial at Woolwich Crown Court (Metropolitan Police )
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Muslim Patrol – Jordan Horner, Ricardo McFarlane, and Royal Barnes

Choudary followers Horner, McFarlane, and Barnes were all jailed for so-called "Muslim patrols", targeting people drinking alcohol or holding hands on the streets of east London and trying to enforce Sharia Law.

Barnes was later jailed for mocking the death of Lee Rigby in a vile YouTube video, while Horner, a ginger Muslim convert, later renounced radical Islam saying he had been led astray.

Trevor Brooks aka Abu Izzadeen and Simon Keeler

A close friend of Choudary, Brooks gained notoriety in 2006 for a tirade at then-Home Secretary John Reid.

Both Brooks and associate Simon Keeler were key Al-Muhajiroun members, jailed in 2008 for terror fundraising and incitement to kill British soldiers.

Both are now back in prison after smuggling themselves out of the UK on the back of a lorry, flouting a travel ban.

Jailed: Trevor Brooks and Simon Keeler
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Omar Khyam, Waheed Mahmood, Anthony Garcia, Jawad Akbar and Saladhuddin Amin

Five Muslims radicalised through Al-Muhajiroun who plotted a fertiliser bomb campaign on targets across Britain, including Bluewater shopping centre, the Ministry of Sound nightclub, and the UK's domestic gas network.

All five were jailed for life in 2007.

Mohammed Siddique Khan

The 7/7 bomber went to a terror training camp in Pakistan run by members of Al Muhajiroun before carrying out the deadly suicide bombing.

Omar Khyam and Saladhuddin Amin, leaders of the fertiliser bomb plot, attended the same 2003 training camp.

Shocking: Mohammed Siddique Khan tells his baby daughter to 'learn to fight for Islam' in the video screened to Kingston Crown Court today

Umran Javed

One of the leaders of the 2006 protest against publication of Danish cartoons of the prophet Muhammed. Choudary and Rahman were convicted of offences related to the protest.

Mohammed Benares

Royal Mail worker Benares was jailed for two years in 2013 for downloading bomb manuals and gun training texts.

He was in phone contract with Choudary and Trevor Brooks and had attended a protest with the hate preachers.

David Souaan

The 20-year-old Birkbeck College student filmed himself attending a Choudary rally, as he made plans to join ISIS in Syria. He wanted to fly the terror group's flash over Downing Street.

Extremist views: Souaan came to the UK in 2013 to study at Birkbeck College (Picture: PA)

Dr Mirza Tariq Ali

The NHS doctor was a close associate of Choudary before he skipped bail and fled to Pakistan, becoming a key member of the Taliban before being reportedly killed in a drone strike last year.

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