Anjem Choudary: UK's favorite Radical cleric charged with inviting support for terror group ISIS.

Anjem Choudary: UK's favorite Radical cleric charged with inviting support for terror group ISIS. (DM).

Radical cleric Anjem Choudary has been charged with inviting support for ISIS, a proscribed terrorist organisation, Scotland Yard said.

A statement released by the Met says, Choudary, 48, of Ilford, north-east London, was charged with inviting support for a proscribed terrorist organisation, namely ISIL, also known as ISIS or the Islamic State, contrary to section 12 Terrorism Act 2000.

The alleged offences took place between June 29 2014 and March 6 this year.

Another man, Mohammed Rahman, a 32-year-old from East London, was charged with the same offence.

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.

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.

'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.' Hmmm.....When younger he enjoyed other 'freedoms' (See Below).   Read the full story here.