Police have defended their decision not to ban two opposing groups staging marches through Rotherham town centre on Saturday – sparking fears there could be clashes.
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Woman gets community order for ‘vile’, unprintable Facebook messages about Azhar Ahmed
A girl who posted offensive comments in response to a man’s Facebook rant about dead soldiers, has been sentenced by a court and told she can’t hide behind the “virtual world” of the internet.
Amy Wilby, 20, admitting posting grossly offensive messages on the social networking site, when she appeared at Kirklees Magistrates’ Court in Huddersfield. Her comments were made in response to Azhar Ahmed’s rant that “all soldiers should die and go to hell”, made two days after the deaths of six British soldiers in Afghanistan.
Wilby’s comments are too extreme to print in full in a family newspaper. But they saw her slapped with a community order after District Judge Marie Mallon told her that she could not hide behind a “virtual world” when airing her views.
Struggle against Islamification of Britain suffers setback – Stephen Lennon has ‘resinged’ from BFP
Yes, EDL leader Stephen Lennon has announced on Twitter that he has quit the British Freedom party. According to the BFP, “Tommy has recognised that his heart and strengths lie within the Street Protest Movements”.
It is difficult to understand this decision, what with cousin Kev being on the point of getting elected Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire on the BFP ticket. Still, the EDL itself is about to recruit another 7 million members, so perhaps Stephen felt he would have his work cut out dealing with that.
Update: See “English Defence League ‘to become political party and stand candidates in European elections’, says ‘Tommy Robinson'”, Independent, 11 October 2012
Walthamstow: Police will not apply for EDL march ban
Waltham Forest Police has said it will not apply for a ban stopping the far-right English Defence League (EDL) from marching through Walthamstow.
Sunderland motorist suffered racial abuse and his car was attacked during anti-mosque protest
A driver had abuse shouted at him in what police believe was a racially motivated attack in Sunderland.
Azhar Ahmed sentenced – EDL not happy
Azhar Ahmed, the young Muslim from Yorkshire who was convicted of posting offensive Facebook comments about British troops in Afghanistan, was sentenced at Huddersfield Magistrates’ Court today to a £300 fine and 240 hours of community service.
Here is the entirely predictable response of the English Defence League to Ahmed’s sentence, featuring their usual hypocritical whine about a “two-tier system”:
Rotherham locals plan unity demo against racist EDL
Rotherham will unite on Saturday to see off the racist English Defence League, who plan to march through the town. Trade unions, anti-fascists and faith groups came together at a packed public meeting on Monday to plan the town’s peaceful counter-protest.
Trade Unions, politicians and activists pledge to oppose English Defence League march in Norwich
A coalition of faith groups, trade unions and community organisations vowed today to do all it could to oppose a planned march by the English Defence League (EDL). The group, called We are Norwich, said it would do “all in its power” to peacefully oppose the EDL demonstration.
Public attitudes toward the EDL: new survey
Who supports the English Defence League? YouGov has conducted an interesting survey of public attitudes towards the EDL that was commissioned by the Extremis Project.
BNP join in Skegness halal abattoir opposition
A nationalist political party leader visited Skegness last week to add his voice to the mounting opposition against a halal abattoir in the town.
British National Party chairman Nick Griffin MEP spoke with fellow opponents during a small demonstration outside the Heath Road slaughterhouse last Tuesday morning. Speaking after his visit Mr Griffin said:
“Halal ritual slaughter is an extremely cruel practice, which any native British person would rightly be taken to court for carrying out. We don’t believe any exception should be made for reasons to do with political correctness or otherwise. As a civilised people it is our responsibility to treat animals with decency. The way we treat animals reflects on us and our society.”