KING’S LYNN — Hundreds of objections have been made to a proposed Islamic community centre. West Norfolk planning committee is on Monday due to consider an application for the centre to open in Lynn’s former Queen’s Arms pub.
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Dutch ‘burqa ban’ may go after government falls
With the collapse of the Dutch centre-right government, the Netherlands may now drop some of its most eye-popping proposals aimed at Muslims and other immigrants and could soften its strong anti-immigration rhetoric.
A ban on Muslim face veils, such as the Arabic-style niqabs that leave the eyes uncovered and Afghan-style burqas that cover the face with a cloth grid, is less likely to go ahead after the government collapsed at the weekend.
Nazi-saluting pub landlord says he was just pointing at the TV … and he left the EDL because ‘unsavoury characters’ had joined it
A pub landlord pictured with his arm aloft in front of an Ulster flag says: “I was just pointing to a television screen.”
The photograph of Barry Smith has been circulated on the internet by campaigners who claim it appears to be a Nazi-style salute. But Mr Smith insists that his pose in the photograph, taken by one of his friends in a German bar as they watched a TV broadcast of a match in the 2006 World Cup, is innocent.
It was republished on the website by the campaign group Portsmouth Nazi Watch, having first been posted by Mr Smith on his Facebook page. Mr Smith, who runs The Alma Arms, in Highland Road, Eastney, says he has since deactivated his Facebook page on advice from police.
Counterjihadist websites appeal to over-65s
Klassekampen writes it used Alexa to examine eight sites that allegedly inspired Anders Behring Breivik and his manifesto. It claims its investigations revealed readership groups to websites Gates of Vienna, Jihad Watch, The Brussels Journal, Islam Watch, Atlas Shrugged, Tundra Tabloid, Vladtepesblog and The Green Arrow showed a clear pattern.
When presented with the results, Andreas Malm, journalist and author of the book The Hate Against Muslims, told the paper, “The typical profile of conspiracy theorists are elderly, lonely men, who become obsessed with a particular question, and who may be attracted to anti-Islamic conspiracy theories.”
‘We don’t want EDL coming to our town’, is message from We Are Luton meeting
Speakers at a meeting last night called for people in Luton to come together and oppose the “Islamophobia” of the English Defence League, who are holding a protest rally in Luton on May 5.
The EDL have been told by Bedfordshire Police that they can hold their rally in Park Street, while coalition group “We Are Luton” are being allowed to protest in Wardown Park.
“We Are Luton” is made up of different groups, including trade unions, Unite Against Fascism (UAF), the Green Party and the Luton Council of Mosques.
Stephen Lennon to be appointed deputy leader of the British Freedom Party
EDL News has the details. According to leaked documents they have acquired, at a meeting of the English Defence League and the British Freedom Party in February it was agreed that EDL leader Stephen Lennon (“Tommy Robinson”) would become deputy leader of the BFP, currently led by former UKIP parliamentary candidate Paul Weston.
This follows on from the political alliance declared by the EDL and BFP last November. The intention is to announce the decision at a press conference in Luton on 5 May before an EDL demonstration in the town later that day.
Norwegian Defence League protest flops
Police say about 40 far-right radicals have held a peaceful rally to protest what they call the “Islamization of Norway and Europe”.
The demonstration in the southwestern city of Stavanger was held Saturday by the Norwegian Defence League, an anti-Islam organization closely associated with the English Defence League.
Saturday’s demonstration opposed a recent parliamentary decision to amend the country’s constitution to separate the state from the church. That means Norway no longer has a state religion and that all religions will be treated equally.
National Front aims to revive 70s ‘glory days’
In the febrile politics of the 1970s the National Front (NF) ruthlessly exploited working-class fears over immigration to create a far-right threat unseen in Britain since Sir Oswald Mosley.
The party’s shows of strength saw police and anti-fascists clash violently on the streets, while at the 1979 general election the NF was able to mobilise more than 300 candidates and attract nearly 200,000 votes.
Yet its decline was as dramatic as it was precipitous. Rocked by a series of internal feuds and the electoral success of the breakaway British National Party (BNP), within a decade the NF was commanding little more than a few dozen supporters.
Now, amid mounting fears that the far right is riding a rising tide of Islamophobia in Britain, the whites-only party is seeking to stage an unlikely comeback. At next month’s London Assembly, local council and mayoral elections it is putting up 35 candidates – the highest number it has fielded for 30 years.
French far-right soars in presidential vote
The anti-immigrant far right emerged as a potentially major force in French politics with a record showing by its candidate Marine Le Pen in the first round of presidential elections.
Le Pen, who rails against European unity and what she says is the Islamization of France, took third place with more than 18 percent of the vote.
Her backers could play a critical role in the final round of elections May 6, helping determine whether conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy sinks or survives in his battle with Socialist challenger Francois Hollande, who held a thin lead in the first-round vote.
March for England heavily outnumbered by anti-fascists in Brighton
Antifascists in Brighton have scored a fantastic success against “March for England” – an outfit with close ties with the English Defence League.
MfE supporters and flags are regularly in evidence at demos organised by the racist and fascist thugs of the EDL. Their Brighton event was also being backed by the EDL-linked racist football hooligan organisation Casuals United, which told supporters not to wear “colours” – EDL or Casuals clothing or insignia.
But it wasn’t a good day for the EDL in disguise. Around 1,000 antifascists, overwhelmingly local residents, turned out on the streets of the city today, vastly outnumbering up to 120 of the EDL’s mates, who arrived by train. The antifascist demonstrators were joined by local MP Caroline Lucas as well as some local councillors.