CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy writes: "The British public’s first real introduction to Anjem Choudary was as a supporting cast member in Jon Ronson’s 1997 documentary The Tottenham Ayatollah. The pioneering gonzo reporter closely followed the surreal day-to-day of Omar Bakri Muhammad, a Syrian-born former member of both the Muslim Brotherhood and Hizb ut-Tahrir who went on to found the more radical Salafi-jihadist activist network al-Muhajiroun (ALM)."

CEP Strategic Advisor Liam Duffy: "Yesterday, without ever having directed or plotted — much less committed — an act of violence, Anjem Choudary was jailed for a minimum of 28 years for terrorism offences. He was found guilty of continuing to direct the proscribed organisation, al-Muhajiroun (ALM)."

"Liam Duffy, strategic adviser at the Counter Extremism Project think tank, told The National Choudary had caused considerable harm and his fingerprints can be seen in terrorist groups across the world."