On the evening of March 15, 2009, a small group gathered at the Cobridge community centre in Stoke-on-Trent to hear an infamous hate preacher deliver his usual tirade against the West.
Anjem Choudary was on fast-talking form, delighted that the local press had turned up to carry his appeal beyond the small knot of local acolytes.
“The unique thing about Islam is that it has a solution for every problem,” he announced.
Khan was known to the authorities in Stoke for his protest banners and handing out extremist leaflets and propaganda
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A man using the name Abu Sumayyah, 23, said he was “challenging the democrats to come up with a system that is better than sharia”.
The youngest speaker went by the name Abu Saif, aged 17 but already known to police and a familiar face around Stoke distributing extremist leaflets and propaganda. He