Anjem Choudary jailed for five and a half years for drumming up support for IS
Hate preacher Anjem Choudary has been jailed for five and a half years for drumming up support for so-called Islamic State (IS).
His supporters in the public gallery of the Old Bailey courtroom shouted 'Allahu Akbar' as Choudary was sentenced.
The British-born 49-year-old backed the terrorist group in a series of talks posted on YouTube, and recognised a caliphate - a symbolic Islamic state - had been created under an IS leader after it was announced In June 2014.
Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, 33, was jailed for the same period for inviting support for IS between June 29, 2014 and March 6, 2015.
