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EDL gather in Dudley for their largest anti-Muslim rally to date

Tuesday, 06 April 2010 15:54

Jonathan Warren covers the English Defence League’s largest demonstration to date, the demo in Dudley at the weekend, on the ‘Expose the BNP’ blog site.

With photos taken along the protest route in Dudley, Warren captures the fear and havoc EDL demonstrations have caused in towns across the UK who have had the misfortune of being targeted by the racist group.

Warren notes the chants uttered by protestors on the day:

‘As each set of coaches arrived the chants grew louder, along with the usual ‘E, E, EDL’, ‘I’m English ’til I die’ and ‘Muslim bombers, off our streets’ I also heard the chants which the EDL website asks not to be sung at protests ‘Allah, Allah, who the f*ck is Allah?’ and ‘Allah is a paedo’.

‘…The EDL were marching into the carpark next to where the new Mosque was due to be built when I heard an unfamiliar chant ‘If you build your f*cking Mosque we’ll burn it down’ which one of my colleagues caught on video.

‘Not long after the EDL had filed into the carpark for their rally they attempted to pull down the metal fencing surrounding the protest area. Police quickly deployed batons, riot shields and helmets to hold back the surging crowd. EDL stewards again tried to calm the crowd and put the damaged fences back up. The fixings that had been used to hold the fences together were thrown by the crowd at the police and stewards.

‘As we documented what was happening we too came under attack, an EDL member not in the pen pushed two photographers over who were photographing the EDL attempting to break out. As they got back to their feet he told them to watch their backs. An EDL steward also came up to a colleague, put his hand over his lens and quite forcefully told him to leave. It’s clear that the EDL did not want any witnesses to their violence.’

Read Warren’s report here.

Hat-tip: Islamophobia Watch

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Imran

|2010-04-07 09:45:57

Evidence should be passed onto the Police. We should then ask the Police why the double standard.

Sher Lockman Hummus - Slowly, slowly

|2010-04-13 16:27:28

catchy monkey.

The evidence is building up & it should be collected & recorded.

The EDL, whatever the slippery apologists may contrive, is essentially a Nazi-like organisation.

Just like the Nazi-hunters, anti-racist people should expose then to the full force of the law against racial & religious incitement. The UN has recognised Islamophobia as a hate-crime & has stated that the UK is beyond the pale & is a major offender.

Collective international oppobrium should be heaped upon those countries who white-wash & are in denial. With the rise of Asia e.g. India, human rights orgs should call for civil rights by linking internationally with sympathetic civic society etc.

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