GETTY Anjem Choudary backs the Remain campaign despite facing charges relating to Islamic State

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The controversial Muslim said leaving the EU was not an “advantage” for members of the Islamic community. Choudary, 49, said: “If you want my view on it, I think Britain will be worse off [leaving the EU]. He hinted that Britain would be safer within the European Union, saying: “With all the security implications, you know, while the rest of the world is trying to unite together with common purpose, this is not the time from a security perspective to be isolating. “And I think about what some of them are saying about Scotland having another referendum, and Britain will be even smaller.”

“I think that is something that is probably not in our advantage from a Muslim perspective.” Choudary is facing trial on June 27 over allegedly encouraging people to travel to territory controlled by twisted ISIS terrorists and trying to drum-up support for the so-called Caliphate.

GETTY The radical preacher urged Muslims not to vote in the EU referendum

He hinted that Britain would be safer within the European Union, saying: “With all the security implications, you know, while the rest of the world is trying to unite together with common purpose, this is not the time from a security perspective to be isolating. “And I think about what some of them are saying about Scotland having another referendum, and Britain will be even smaller.”

GETTY Anjem Choudary said the EU court makes it harder to prosecute Islamists

There are certain principles and caveats [within EU legislation] that should prevent that [prosecution of Islamists] happening Anjem Choudary

Choudary was asked if he preferred the European Court’s stance on Islamic extremism to that of the British Government. He said: “I think that it probably is. There are certain principles and caveats [within EU legislation] that should prevent that [prosecution of Islamists] happening.”

GETTY Anjem Choudary is famous for provocative anti-Western rants