[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv class=\u0022m-person m-person__popup node node--type-leader node--view-mode-anjem-choudary-content ds-1col clearfix\u0022\u003E\n\n \n\n \n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022m-person__image\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-extremist-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E \u003Cimg loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/extremist_image\/Abu%20Muhammad%20al-Maqdisi.png\u0022 width=\u0022220\u0022 height=\u0022216\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-node-link field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022\/extremists\/abu-muhammad-al-maqdisi\u0022 class=\u0022a-button--center\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EView Report\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022m-person__meta\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Ch2 class=\u0022a-header--3\u0022\u003E\n Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi\n\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-anjem-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA.k.a.\u0026nbsp;Assem\u0026nbsp;Barqawi. One of the most prominent\u0026nbsp;Salafist\u0026nbsp;figures in the world. Mentor to the al-Qaeda branch in Iraq and the spiritual guide to Abu\u0026nbsp;Musab\u0026nbsp;al-Zarqawi, though he later distanced himself from both because of his disagreement with targeting Muslims. Repeatedly arrested over the course of two decades on charges typically related to some variation of espousing extremist ideologies and supporting acts of terror. Arrested in October 2014 on the charge of using the Internet to promote and incite views of\u0026nbsp;jihadi\u0026nbsp;terrorist organizations. Released from a Jordanian prison in February 2015, allegedly in the hope that he would speak out against ISIS and provide a counterweight to its ideology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \u003Ch3 class=\u0022a-header--5 field-label-above\u0022\u003EConnection to Anjem Choudary\u003C\/h3\u003E\n \n \u003Cp\u003EAdvised\u0026nbsp;Fouad\u0026nbsp;Belkacem\u0026nbsp;in focusing\u0026nbsp;Sharia4Belgium\u0026nbsp;on recruitment and establishing\u0026nbsp;sharia\u0026nbsp;everywhere, not just Belgium. The creation of\u0026nbsp;Sharia4Belgium\u0026nbsp;was directly inspired by\u0026nbsp;Choudary\u2019s\u0026nbsp;Islam4UK\u0026nbsp;organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n \n \n\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-anjem-sources field--type-text-long field--label-inline\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field__label\u0022\u003ESources\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field__item\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2015\/06\/01\/journey-to-jihad\u0022\u003ENew Yorker\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/middleeast\/2014\/06\/jordan-releases-anti-isil-salafi-leader-2014617121457552506.html\u0022\u003EAl Jazeera\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ctc.usma.edu\/posts\/abu-muhammad-al-maqdisi-a-counter-terrorism-asset\u0022\u003ECTC Sentinel\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/feb\/05\/jordan-release-jihadi-cleric-al-maqdisi-isis-killing-pilot-al-kasasbeh\u0022\u003EGuardian\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jihadi-preacher-abu-mohammed-al-maqdesi-blasts-isis-methods-jordan-pilot-burned\/\u0022\u003EAssociated Press\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/uk-jordan-islamist\/jordan-arrests-influential-al-qaeda-scholar-for-incitement-idUKKBN0IG1VI20141027\u0022\u003EReuters\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n","dialogOptions":{"closeOnEscape":true,"minWidth":850,"resizable":true,"modal":true,"title":"Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi"}},{"command":"doFootnotes"}]