More than 100 people got together at an event to combat hate crime on Friday. Senior police officers, Muslims and politicians gathered at Finsbury Park Mosque, in St Thomas’s Road.
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EDL anti-mosque protest in Plymouth
A protest by a right-wing group and anti-fascist campaigners passed off peacefully this afternoon.
Members of the English Defence League (EDL) from across the South of England descended on Plymouth after the owner of the Dance Academy claimed he was thinking of handing the property over to a charity to be turned into a mosque.
About 25 EDL members from as far away as Bournemouth and Weymouth staged a two-hour protest outside the former New Palace Theatre in Union Street. They were confronted by a about 25 members of Unite Against Fascism (UAF).
MCB criticises Gove’s history curriculum
One of the UK’s leading Islamic organisations has warned that plans to revise the school history curriculum risk ignoring the Muslim contribution to western civilisation – an omission that will only foster alienation.
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), which claims to represent more than 500 Islamic organisations, is calling for “everyone who cares about the education of British schoolchildren” to lobby the Department for Education (DfE) as the end of the consultation period on the plans looms.
‘F****** Muslims’ man accompanies London mayor on tour of Gulf states
The Evening Standard reports that London mayor Boris Johnson is off on a week-long trade mission to the Gulf. Accompanying him on his visit to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar is, of all people, Lynton Crosby.
Food thrown at Wakefield mosque during late night attack
Vandals threw food at a mosque during a late night attack.
Police are investigating reports of vandalism at Jamia Masjid Swafia mosque, off Park Hill Lane, in Eastmoor. Food was thrown at the side of the building sometime during the early hours of Thursday, April 4.
Officers from the central neighbourhood police team (NPT) have carried out door to door inquiries. And they have since upped late night patrols in the area.
Fears of Muslim tensions in high security prison
That’s the headline to an article in yesterday’s Yorkshire Post. It is based on a report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons, Nick Hardwick, of an inspection carried out in December at HMP Full Sutton in Yorkshire.
The report found: “Black and minority ethnic and Muslim prisoners reported much more negatively about their treatment and conditions across a range of indicators than white and non-Muslim prisoners.”
Tory MP stokes sharia hysteria
Sharia courts have been described as “courts of convenience” by Keighley MP Kris Hopkins, who claims they threaten the integrity of the nation’s justice system.
The MP was speaking after the Bradford Council of Mosques revealed they were in talks to start up a local Sharia panel that would offer advice and deal with legal issues within the Muslim community. It led to Mr Hopkins writing to Justice Secretary Chris Grayling to block any such move.
EDL leader was attacked by ‘armed Muslim gang’
Well, so Stephen Lennon claims. For some reason, the police chose to arrest him rather than the “armed Muslims”. But then, that’s your two-tier system for you, innit?
Seven EDL members plead guilty to violent disorder at Walsall rally
Seven men have pleaded guilty to violent disorder following disturbances at an EDL rally in Walsall September 2012.
Fascists target Sunderland Muslims on Facebook
‘Angel’ unites with a ‘patriot’
Anti-fascists claim Far Right extremists are establishing roots in Sunderland and spreading racial hatred across the city via Facebook.
Activists from Hope not Hate claim a Wearsider using the alias “Angel Unites Patriots” is playing a central role in organising Far Right demonstrations against Muslims living in the city.
The organisation also claims the user behind “Angel” was among crowds of English Defence League (EDL) supporters chanting anti-Muslim slogans at last month’s demo against proposals for a new mosque of St Mark’s Road in Millfield.