In a statement today, the police laid out the charges for both as: 'Between 29 June 2014 and 6 March 2015 invited support for a proscribed terrorist organisation, namely ISIL, also known as ISIS or the Islamic State, contrary to section 12 Terrorism Act 2000.' Before answering his police bail at Southwark police station this morning, Choudary was confident he would be rebailed and criticised the government's policy of cracking down on hate crime. A police van arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court today for the case, which was due to be heard at 2pm +5 A police van arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court today for the case, which was due to be heard at 2pm He said: 'The whole issue is about people supposedly preaching hate but there's so much hate preached by people, by the far right, by animal rights activists. Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, 32, from east London (pictured) faces the same charge today Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, 32, from east London (pictured) faces the same charge today 'If people have strong views why should they be curtailed? If you believe in freedom of expression then why should they be curtailed? 'The government talks about British values - but what are they? Fish and chips? God save the Queen? One of the 7/7 bombers worked in a chippie.' Sue Hemming, head of special crime and counter terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service, said: 'Following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police's counter terrorism command, we have today authorised charges against Anjem Choudary and Mohammed Mizanur Rahman. 'We have concluded that there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest to prosecute Anjem Choudary and Mohammed Rahman for inviting support for ISIS. 'It is alleged that Anjem Choudary and Mohammed Rahman invited support for ISIS in individual lectures which were subsequently published online.' Choudary became well known globally after he refused to condemn the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks and supports the implementation of Sharia law across the UK. ISIS is a proscribed organisation which prevents Britons from encouraging support for it under the Terrorism Act. The 48-year-old from Ilford, north east London, has been detained in custody and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court at 2pm this afternoon +5 The 48-year-old from Ilford, north east London, has been detained in custody and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court at 2pm this afternoon He was arrested in September last year and the alleged offence are said to have happened between June 29, 2014 and March 6, this year +5 He was arrested in September last year and the alleged offence are said to have happened between June 29, 2014 and March 6, this year 'SUPPORTING ISIS': WHAT THE CHARGE MEANS UNDER THE TERRORISM ACT Under the Terrorism Act 2000, clause 12 'support', states: (1)A person commits an offence if— (a)he invites support for a proscribed organisation, and (b)the support is not, or is not restricted to, the provision of money or other property (within the meaning of section 15). (2)A person commits an offence if he arranges, manages or assists in arranging or managing a meeting which he knows is— (a)to support a proscribed organisation, (b)to further the activities of a proscribed organisation, or (c)to be addressed by a person who belongs or professes to belong to a proscribed organisation. (3)A person commits an offence if he addresses a meeting and the purpose of his address is to encourage support for a proscribed organisation or to further its activities. (4)Where a person is charged with an offence under subsection (2)(c) in respect of a private meeting it is a defence for him to prove that he had no reasonable cause to believe that the address mentioned in subsection (2)(c) would support a proscribed organisation or further its activities. (5)In subsections (2) to (4)— (a)'meeting' means a meeting of three or more persons, whether or not the public are admitted, and (b)a meeting is private if the public are not admitted. (6)A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable— (a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, to a fine or to both, or (b)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.

Controversial Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary has been charged under the Terrorism Act for 'inviting support for ISIS', Scotland Yard has said.

The 48-year-old from Ilford, north east London, is being held in police custody and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court at 2pm this afternoon.

He has been accused of supporting the organisation in lectures published online along with another man, Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, 32, from Whitechapel, east London.

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Muslim preacher Anjem Choudary, pictured arriving at Southwark police station today to answer bail, has been charged under the Terrorism Act for 'inviting support for ISIS', Scotland Yard has said

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Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, 32, from east London, (pictured arriving at Southwark police station to answer bail today), has also been charged with supporting ISIS during the same dates

The offences - which can carry a maximum prison sentence of 10 years - are alleged to have happened between June 29, 2014 and March 6, this year.

They were arrested in September 2014  by the Metropolitan Police's Counter-Terrorism Command on suspicion of being members of the proscribed organisation and have remained on bail since

In a statement today, the police laid out the charges for both as: 'Between 29 June 2014 and 6 March 2015 invited support for a proscribed terrorist organisation, namely ISIL, also known as ISIS or the Islamic State, contrary to section 12 Terrorism Act 2000.' 

Before answering his police bail at Southwark police station this morning, Choudary was confident he would be rebailed and criticised the government's policy of cracking down on hate crime.

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A police van arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court today for the case, which was due to be heard at 2pm

He said: 'The whole issue is about people supposedly preaching hate but there's so much hate preached by people, by the far right, by animal rights activists.

Mohammed Mizanur Rahman, 32, from east London (pictured) faces the same charge today

'If people have strong views why should they be curtailed? If you believe in freedom of expression then why should they be curtailed?

'The government talks about British values - but what are they? Fish and chips? God save the Queen? One of the 7/7 bombers worked in a chippie.' 

Sue Hemming, head of special crime and counter terrorism at the Crown Prosecution Service, said: 'Following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police's counter terrorism command, we have today authorised charges against Anjem Choudary and Mohammed Mizanur Rahman.

'We have concluded that there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest to prosecute Anjem Choudary and Mohammed Rahman for inviting support for ISIS.

'It is alleged that Anjem Choudary and Mohammed Rahman invited support for ISIS in individual lectures which were subsequently published online.'

Choudary became well known globally after he refused to condemn the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks and supports the implementation of Sharia law across the UK. 

ISIS is a proscribed organisation which prevents Britons from encouraging support for it under the Terrorism Act. 

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The 48-year-old from Ilford, north east London, has been detained in custody and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court at 2pm this afternoon

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He was arrested in September last year and the alleged offence are said to have happened between June 29, 2014 and March 6, this year

'SUPPORTING ISIS': WHAT THE CHARGE MEANS UNDER THE TERRORISM ACT

Under the Terrorism Act 2000, clause 12 'support', states:  

(1)A person commits an offence if—

(a)he invites support for a proscribed organisation, and

(b)the support is not, or is not restricted to, the provision of money or other property (within the meaning of section 15).

(2)A person commits an offence if he arranges, manages or assists in arranging or managing a meeting which he knows is—

(a)to support a proscribed organisation,

(b)to further the activities of a proscribed organisation, or

(c)to be addressed by a person who belongs or professes to belong to a proscribed organisation.

(3)A person commits an offence if he addresses a meeting and the purpose of his address is to encourage support for a proscribed organisation or to further its activities.

(4)Where a person is charged with an offence under subsection (2)(c) in respect of a private meeting it is a defence for him to prove that he had no reasonable cause to believe that the address mentioned in subsection (2)(c) would support a proscribed organisation or further its activities.

(5)In subsections (2) to (4)—

(a)'meeting' means a meeting of three or more persons, whether or not the public are admitted, and

(b)a meeting is private if the public are not admitted.

(6)A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—

(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, to a fine or to both, or

(b)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.