Controversial Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary is charged with terrorism offence after 'inviting support for ISIS'

                             
The 48-year-old extremist from Ilford, north east London, has been detained in custody and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court at 2pm this afternoon. He has been charged with.............
the same offence alongside another man, Mohammed Rahman, 32, from east London. Metropolitan Police say the pair 'invited support for a proscribed terrorist organisation, namely ISIL, also known as ISIS or the Islamic State, contrary to section 12 Terrorism Act 2000.' The offences are alleged to have happened between June 29, 2014 and March 6, this year.