CarolC, it might be useful if you looked online for some of statements and arguments emanating from Choudary on other issues and at other times. To anyone who has looked at or listened to debates in the UK media in the past couple of years, he is well-known as a seasoned 'agent provocateur' who studiously seeks to occupy positions that are guaranteed to enrage the majority of Brits.

I do not dispute that such rage often and quickly manifests itself in rhetoric that comes close to or actively adheres to reactionary & xenophobic thinking. This is what Choudary sets out to achieve. Have a look at some of his other interventions and tell me what you think.

There are many ways of expressing opposition to UK/US policy without voicing Choudary's standpoint.