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Founded in 2010 and disbanded in 2012. The group claimed hundreds of members and inspired the creation of similar groups across Europe. Labeled a terrorist organization by a Belgian judge in February 2015 when co-founder and leader Fouad Belkacem was sentenced to 12 years in prison for encouraging foreign fighters to travel to Syria. Belkacem met with Choudary frequently and drew inspiration from Choudary\u2019s Islam4UK organization. Sharia4Belgium stood accused\u2014and ultimately convicted\u2014of radicalizing, recruiting, and facilitating travel for a number of Belgium\u2019s foreign fighters. Sharia4Belgium sent its first jihadist to Syria in May 2012. The group sent 70 of its members to Syria by March 2013. A Belgian court in October 2015 found 46 members of Sharia4Belgium guilty of traveling to Syria to become foreign fighters. All but eight were tried in absentia. Belkacem founded Sharia4Belgium in March 2010, two months after Choudary announced plans to expand Islam4UK into Belgium. Choudary later told the \u003Cem\u003ENew Yorker \u003C\/em\u003Ethat Belkacem had asked him for advice while visiting London. 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