Appearing at court on Wednesday, Mr Small pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges against him.
The 36-year-old has been charged with encouraging acts of terrorism under section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006 in connection with a video posted on social media in September 2016.
Small is an active YouTube user and regularly uploads videos where he gives his opinion on world events.
(Anthony Small Boxer YouTube)
Boxer turned Islamist
The south-east Londoner won the British and Commonwealth middleweight boxing championships in 2009 after beating Matthew Hall at Manchester’s MEN Arena.
After converting to Islam, Small quit the boxing ring in 2010 because it clashed with his religious beliefs, explaining: “I cannot be a Muslim and a boxer who makes money from a sport that promotes the evils of alcohol, gambling and free mixing of men and women.”
Anthony Small, who is also known as Abdul Haqq, also rose to prominence after starring in a 2016 BBC reality TV series, Muslims like us.
In the documentary, he said that men and women should live separately and chastised women for not dressing modestly enough.
Having been denied bail, Mr Small will now appear at the Old Bailey on February 9th to face further criminal proceedings.
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Appearing at court on Wednesday, Mr Small pleaded ‘not guilty’ to the charges against him.
The 36-year-old has been charged with encouraging acts of terrorism under section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006 in connection with a video posted on social media in September 2016.
Small is an active YouTube user and regularly uploads videos where he gives his opinion on world events.
(Anthony Small Boxer YouTube)
Boxer turned Islamist
The south-east Londoner won the British and Commonwealth middleweight boxing championships in 2009 after beating Matthew Hall at Manchester’s MEN Arena.
After converting to Islam, Small quit the boxing ring in 2010 because it clashed with his religious beliefs, explaining: “I cannot be a Muslim and a boxer who makes money from a sport that promotes the evils of alcohol, gambling and free mixing of men and women.”
Anthony Small, who is also known as Abdul Haqq, also rose to prominence after starring in a 2016 BBC reality TV series, Muslims like us.
In the documentary, he said that men and women should live separately and chastised women for not dressing modestly enough.
Having been denied bail, Mr Small will now appear at the Old Bailey on February 9th to face further criminal proceedings.
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