A HATE preacher has slammed the state benefits system for not paying enough to meet “basic needs”.

Anjem Choudary, 45, believed to claim £25,000 a year, said benefits were invented by Muslims 1,400 years ago and were more generous then.

The father of four, who lives in a £320,000 house in east London, told followers via a video address: “He [the caliph] said for every new-born child a gift from the Islamic state, child credit, child benefit, 1,400 years ago, before these kuffar [non-Muslims] ever thought about the welfare state.

“They used to give money for food, clothing and shelter, 20 days, 30 days in advance to people.

“Nowadays if you have welfare, it’s two weeks in arrears.

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