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Anjem Choudary

1967 - Today

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Anjem Choudary (born 18 January 1967), also known as Abu Luqman, is a British Islamist who has been described as "the face" of militant Islamism or the "best known" Islamic extremist in Britain. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2024 after being found guilty of directing a terror organisation. Members of his group have been accused of being linked to between 25 and 40% of terrorist events in Britain up to 2015 according to various researchers, journalists and others, and of inspiring more than 100 foreign fighters to fight in jihad according to the UK government. After staying "just within the law" for many years, in summer of 2014 Choudary pledged allegiance to the Islamic State's "caliphate", and its "caliph" Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by Skype. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Anjem Choudary is the 831st most popular social activist (down from 751st in 2024), the 7,521st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,899th in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Anjem Choudary ranks 831 out of 840. Before him are Sampat Pal Devi, Amanda Knox, Sonita Alizadeh, Sophia Kianni, Rusudan Gotsiridze, and Claire Nouvian. After him are Tabassum Adnan, Luisa Neubauer, Yelena Grigoryeva, Maryam al-Khawaja, Frances Haugen, and Emma González.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Anjem Choudary ranks 1,040. Before him are Adam Johnson, Barbara Kendall, Svetlana Fedotkina, Shannon Larkin, Sean Burke, and Hitoshi Morishita. After him are Andre Arendse, Debi Derryberry, Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm, Hermione Norris, Ali Adler, and Tim Flowers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anjem Choudary ranks 7,523 out of 8,785. Before him are Ashley Madekwe (1983), Scott Booth (1971), Danny Dyer (1977), Katherine Jenkins (1980), David Tattersall (1960), and Oliver Stark (1991). After him are Sandy Lyle (1958), Liv Boeree (1984), Katharine Gun (1974), James Gall (1808), Sanjeev Bhaskar (1963), and Bat for Lashes (1979).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Anjem Choudary ranks 51. Before him are Flora Drummond (1878), Arthur Scargill (1938), Anna Howard Shaw (1847), Anthony Dod Mantle (1955), Laura Lopes (1978), and Polly Higgins (1968). After him are Nadiya Hussain (1984), Kate Rusby (1973), Anna Campbell (1991), Lilly Platt (2008), and Abby Gustaitis (1991).

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