Radical preacher was ‘chatting about leader dying his beard’

A radical preacher accused of directing Al-Muhajiroun was ‘shooting the breeze’ and chatting about the spiritual leader dying his beard in a series of covert recordings, a court heard. Anjem Choudary, 57, allegedly took on a ‘caretaker role’ with the banned militant network in 2014 following Omar Bakri Muhammad’s incarceration. Choudary, who was a member of Al-Muhajiroun (ALM) for many years, was arrested with Canadian ‘follower’ Khaled Hussain, 29, in July last year. The cleric denies membership of a proscribed…