The online trail of the Canadian arrested in the U.K. for terrorism
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The U.S.-based MEMRI said Khaled Hussein was a 'staunch supporter' of the Islamic Thinkers Society.
A Canadian arrested for terrorism after landing in the United Kingdom last week allegedly used social media to disseminate the ideological materials of a group banned by the British government.
Khaled Hussein, a 28-year-old Edmonton resident, has been charged with being a member of the outlawed Al-Muhajiroun, which British prosecutors said also went by the name Islamic Thinkers Society.
A 2021 report by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) called Hussein a “staunch supporter” of the Islamic Thinkers Society (ITS).
“He reposts and shares ITS content on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter,” MEMRI wrote in the report to its subscribers.
MEMRI said on Tuesday that, based on photos, it believed the Alberta man it profiled in the report two years ago was the suspect charged Monday by London’s Metropolitan Police.
Hussein was charged along with Anjem Choudary, a radical British preacher who was previously convicted of supporting ISIS.
Both men were arrested in London on July 17.
Al-Muhajiroun is a “network that indoctrinates young Britons into its radical ideology and high-risk activism,” according to a paper prepared for the British Commission for Countering Extremism.