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Hate preacher Anjem Choudary quizzed by anti-terror cops who fear an Islamist attack sparked by Prince Harry

ISLAMIST rabble rouser Anjem Choudary has been visited by anti-terror cops who fear an Islamist attack sparked by Prince Harry at tomorrow’s coronation, The Sun can reveal.

The bile monger - free after being jailed for terrorist offences in 2016 - is one of a number of convicted terrorists whose movements are being closely monitored.

Anjem Choudary has been visited by anti-terror cops who fear an Islamist attack
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Anjem Choudary has been visited by anti-terror cops who fear an Islamist attackCredit: Darren Fletcher

Choudary has admitted he was spoken to by police - after warning Prince Harry’s claims to have killed Taliban fighters will increase the risk of an atrocity during the royal pageant.

He was one of a group of ex-cons being monitored by cops using Terrorist Act powers put under fighters clamps as the spectacular ceremonial was secured.

told The Sun: “When you are a terror convict they can come whenever they want to speak with you.

“They also came before the Queen’s funeral to ask if I was going.

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“I believe Harry’s public comments about murdering Muslims will increase the insecurity and instability.

“They didn’t warn me but wanted to know if I was going so they could do a risk assessment.

“But it’s not allowed for Muslims to attend the coronation or to celebrate the appointment of a king who will rule by his own whims and desires.

“Sovereignty and supremacy in Islam belong solely to God.”

launched a website after a ban on him speaking in public was lifted in 2021 following his release from prison.

The fanatical firebrand has used the online platform to stoke up tensions - by promising Muslims a place in heaven should they die in street clashes with Hindus in Leicester last year.

A ban preventing Choudary from public speaking expired after he completed his five-and-a-half-year sentence for inviting support for Islamic State.

He was jailed in 2016 and was named a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the US government in 2017.

Police and the security services are still monitoring Choudary and other freed terror convicts linked to his al-Muhajiroun network, and consider them a major concern.

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