A former boxing champion and follower of Anjem Choudary said the victims of the Westminster attack are going to 'hellfire' for not being Muslim.

Anthony Small, 35, who won the British and Commonwealth titles in 2009, said he was insulted by those mourning the five people killed by Khalid Masood.

Convert Mr Small, who is also known as Abdul Haqq, said the Westminster terror attack happened because of 'Western foreign policy'.

Former boxing champion Anthony Small, 35, said the victims of the Westminster terror attacks are going to 'hellfire' because they are not Muslim. Mr Small blamed the attack on 'Western foreign policy'

Mr Small, who is also known as Abdul Haqq said it is 'quite insulting to burn candles for those non-Muslims'. He is a supporter of Anjem Choudary and once called him a 'beloved brother'

In a YouTube video, he said: 'You have five people killed and boo hoo hoo, there's five minutes silence and burning of candles.

'I think it's quite insulting to burn candles for those non-Muslims.

'I believe they are going to go to the hellfire. It's a bit insensitive.

'You shouldn't be burning candles for people who are going to the hellfire. That's like rubbing salt into the wound.

Mr Small, who won the British and Commonwealth titles in 2009, was arrested and charged with intending to travel to Syria to fight for ISIS in 2014. He was later acquitted

'They [Islamic State] consider themselves a state in the same way the not-so great Britain considers itself a state. I say burn it, forget it, I reject it.'

Mr Small, who drew controversy when he appeared on BBC documentary Muslims Like US, blamed Masood's actions on 'Western foreign policy'.

He said: 'You hear from Theresa May: "It's an attack against our way of life." You are expecting an attack of terrorism within your lands because of what you yourself have put forward of terrorism around the world.

Mr Small appeared in BBC documentary Muslims Like Us at the end of 2016 and drew controversy over his links to Anjem Choudary. In the documentary, he said men and women should live separately

'If it was true that Khalid Masood was affiliated with Islamic State and he conducted an act on Westminster killing four people, five including himself, the reason why he did that was because of Western foreign policy.'

Mr Small is an active YouTube user and regularly uploads videos where he gives his opinion on world events.

He converted to Islam when he was 24 and marched against the war in Afghanistan.

In 2014, he posted a video where he said that the ISIS beheadings of James Foley and Steven Sotloff were 'not unprovoked'.

In another YouTube video, he described hate preacher Anjem Choudary, who was jailed for five and a half years, as a 'beloved brother'. He was sentenced in September 2016

Another of his videos from 2014 is called: 'Why Muslims have no sympathy for Lee Rigby's son!'

In the BBC documentary, broadcast in 2016, he said that men and women should live separately and chastised women for not dressing modestly enough.

He was arrested and charged with trying to travel to Syria to fight for ISIS in 2014, but was later acquitted.

In another video, he described hate preacher Anjem Choudary, who was jailed for five and a half years, as a 'beloved brother'.