NEW YORK — London imam Abu Hamza al-Masri was convicted of terrorism charges in New York on this week, following a four-week trial that shined a spotlight on the preacher’s controversial anti-Western statements.

After deliberating for less than two days, a jury of eight men and four women found Masri, 56, guilty on all 11 counts he faced, handing Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara his second high-profile terrorism conviction in three months.

Masri could face life in prison when he is sentenced in September.

Prosecutors had charged the one-eyed, handless Masri with providing a satellite phone and advice to Yemeni militants who kidnapped Western tourists in 1998, an operation that led to the deaths of four hostages.

Masri also was accused of dispatching two followers to Oregon to establish a militant training facility and sending an associate to Afghanistan to help al Qaeda and the Taliban.

Many of his words were played at trial, including an interview in which Masri  expressed support for the September 11, 2001 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in the United States.

Defense lawyer Joshua Dratel said the relatively quick verdict demonstrated that the jurors reacted emotionally to the inflammatory statements rather than sticking to the evidence.

But the jury’s foreman, Howard Bailynson, a 44-year-old Xerox employee, told reporters there was “no doubt” Masri received a fair trial.

Masri testified in his own defense, denying he sent anyone to Oregon or Afghanistan and claiming he became involved in the kidnapping only after it began, when he offered to negotiate a peaceful resolution.

During the trial, Masri testified that he lost his hands and eye in an accidental explosion in Pakistan 20 years ago, contradicting widespread reports that he was injured while fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan.