Police were called to keep the peace after English Defence League (EDL) demonstrators targeted Muslim worshippers outside Margate mosque.
Two men handed out anti-Islamic propaganda before Friday prayers last week, angering some members of the congregation who then reported the incident to police.
A British National Party member and former Stoke-on-Trent councillor has received a suspended jail sentence for using racist language online.
Michael Coleman, 45, of Caverswall Road, Weston Coyney, had denied two counts of racially aggravated harassment. The charges related to racist language used in two articles on his website between 8 August 2011 and 8 March 2012.
Aurelien Mondon shows how Marine Le Pen is stepping up her anti-Muslim rhetoric, assisted by the mainstreaming of far-right discourse by the likes of Nicolas Sarkozy and Jean-François Copé.
The English Defence League’s leader Stephen Lennon (“Tommy Robinson”) was due to speak at a meeting in London’s Conway Hall next week on the subject “Islam and Islamophobia: which is a threat to Britain?” Unfortunately for “Tommy”, he has been deprived of the opportunity to promote his hate-filled views about Muslims because the Conway Hall management cancelled the booking after complaints by Unite Against Fascism, Searchlight and other concerned parties.
Swiss parliamentarians narrowly voted on Friday against a ban on wearing the Muslim burqa and other face coverings in public places, including public transport. The lower house of the Swiss parliament rejected the motion pushed by the canton of Aargau in a vote of 93 to 87.
Police are looking into whether or not to launch an inquiry into Facebook posts made by Finns Party municipal election candidate Amon Rautiainen. The Kotka candidate reportedly criticised Islam and said it would be “patriotic” to eliminate Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen and Finance Minister Jutta Urpilainen.
Among the more inflammatory comments allegedly made by the Finns Party standing for election in the southeastern municipality of Kotka was a call for Muslims to be cooked alive.
An anti-fascist protest group is due to hold a public meeting ahead of a proposed march by the English Defence League (EDL) in Walthamstow.
We Are Waltham Forest (WAWF) will discuss plans to oppose the march planned for October 27 after 3,000 people successfully diverted a previous EDL march of up to 300 people earlier this month.
A former soldier wrote anti-Islamic comments on his Facebook page he started supporting the English Defence League (EDL).
Kenneth Holden, 30, was arrested after police were alerted to two updates he posted on his personal page on the social network site, abusing Muslims.
Holden, of Winskell Road, South Shields, pleaded guilty to two counts of sending an offensive message by a public communication network at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
A Hampshire grandmother has today been handed a lifetime ASBO for a “racist” and “frightening” poison pen campaign.
Margaret Walker, 73, from Walnut Drive, Hill Head, has been ordered by magistrates to stop sending “foul” and “abusive” letters. She has also been ordered to sign every piece of post she sends and supply a return address.
The order came after Walker carried out a five-year campaign of hate – sending around 500 racist letters all around the country.
