The lawyer-turned-preacher served half of a five-and-a-half-year jail sentence for inviting support for the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2016. There’s a big difference between speech that stealth jihadists in the West claim to find offensive and fight tooth and nail to silence, and speech from jihad preachers such as Anjem Choudary that is part of a strategic war against Western free societies, inciting violence and instructing the sabotaging of enemy states from within. It should be obvious when jihadists call for murder or engage in incitement, that worlds away from offensive speech against Muslims. The freedom of speech is not a license to engage in criminal activity. What Choudary does is not protected speech. It is warfare by means of subversion. Choudary is attempting to use Twitter and other platforms in the West to destroy the West.
Choudary and other jihadis persistently play Westerners for fools, which isn’t difficult, given the pervasive fear that Westerners have of being smeared as “Islamophobic.”
Elon Musk’s support for the freedom of speech will continue to be challenged by the worst purveyors of hate and incitement.
“Hate preacher Anjem Choudary returns to Twitter with challenge for Elon Musk,” by Liam Doyle, Express, October 30, 2022:
Hate preacher Anjem Choudary has taken advantage of Elon Musk’s recent Twitter acquisition by launching a new account. Choudry [sic], 55, hoped the Tesla CEO’s pledge to “free” the platform and honour freedom of speech online would allow him to post once more. He is one of several controversial figures hoping to return to the online fray and has challenged Mr Musk.
The lawyer-turned-preacher served half of a five-and-a-half-year jail sentence handed down by courts for inviting support for the terrorist organisation ISIS in 2016.
Now free on licence provided he meets stringent conditions, he said he hoped Mr Musk’s iteration of Twitter would allow him to maintain a new account.
He plans to continue preaching online, telling the MailOnline that Twitter will leave his videos up “if what Elon says about free speech holds true”.
Twitter had previously suspended Choudary, who claimed to have amassed more than 32,000 followers in his trial.
The platform suspended his profile in July 2021 for “violating the Twitter rules”, with Facebook following suit the same month.
The former al-Muhajiroun member had used the platform to spread his sermons, lectures and demonstrations, in which he would voice his views on Sharia law and other topics.
The preacher said he would use his new account to continue preaching, and his profile espouses controversial views.
His Twitter bio states that he believes Islam is “superior and will never be surpassed”.
The description adds that people should “live by (Shari’ah) and struggle for (Da’wah and jihad)”….
