London:  High-profile British radical preacher Anjem Choudary appeared in a London court on Monday, charged with leading a terrorist organization.

Choudary, 56, was charged Sunday with three counts under the Terrorism Act: directing a terrorist organization, membership in a banned organization and addressing meetings to encourage support for the organization between June 2022 and this month.

Prosecutors say the charges relate to the radical group Al-MuHajjiroun, which was outlawed by the British government in 2010. It has since operated “under many names and guises,” including the Islamic Thinkers Society, prosecutors say.

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Prosecutors allege Choudary gave lectures for the Islamic Thinkers Society “on the establishment of an Islamic state in Britain and how to radicalize people,” the BBC reported.

On July 17, police came to his London home and detained him. Khaled Hussein, a 28-year-old Canadian, who was detained at Heathrow Airport the same day after arriving on a flight, was also charged alongside him.

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Hussein, a resident of Edmonton, Alberta, is accused of belonging to a prohibited group. He collaborated with Choudary online, according to the prosecution, to create "a platform" for the movement's ideas.

During separate proceedings at Westminster Magistrates' Court, neither man entered a plea. Both were instructed to remain in custody until their Aug. 4 hearing at the Central Criminal Court.

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The Counter Terrorism Division of the Crown Prosecution Service's Nick Price stated that "criminal proceedings against Mr. Choudary and Mr. Hussein are now active and they each have the right to a fair trial."