London, England (CNN) -- A controversial Muslim group planning to stage an anti-war march through a town that receives British war dead will be banned in the UK from Thursday. British Home Secretary Alan Johnson prepared an order Tuesday proscribing Al-Muhajiroun, also known as Islam4UK. "Proscription is a tough but necessary power to tackle terrorism and is not a course we take lightly," Johnson said in a statement. Al-Muhajiroun is already banned under two other names in the Terrorism Act 2000 -- Al-Ghurabaa and The Saved Sect. Johnson said the ban would now also apply to "a number" of the other names the group goes by.
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Ban on Al-Muhajiroun, also known as Islam4UK, will take effect Thursday
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Islamist group proposed to march through town where war dead brought home
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Group is already banned under two other names in the Terrorism Act 2000 -- Al-Ghurabaa and The Saved Sect
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The group's leader Anjem Choudary said the ban would not stop them
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