Category Archives: UK

Geller defends Carroll’s ‘fukin savages’ comment

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Carroll with Geller“Joining the co-founder of the EDL in prison, Kevin Carroll has been arrested for a Facebook comment. This is part of the war on freedom and its champions.

“Kevin Carroll and Tommy Robinson are on the SION President’s Council and are true fighters for freedom. They oppose the oppression, subjugation and racism of Islamic supremacism. But the savages have succeeded in imposing the sharia – hence their arrests.

“Apparently Kevin Carroll used the word I made famous in our AFDI ads, ‘savage’. And got arrested. The savages didn’t like it. The [sic] is blasphemy enforcement by dhimmi law enforcment. But their instructions came from on high. Shocking. If the Brits don’t fight back, it’s over for them.”

Pamela Geller offers her thoughts on the arrest of English Defence League co-leader Kevin Carroll on suspicion of inciting racial hatred.

Atlas Shrugs, 15 January 2013

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Muslim sex ring accused of grooming ‘troubled’ underage girls

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This was the headline to the London Evening Standard‘s report of the Oxford “grooming” case today.

In the online version it has since been changed to “Sex gang accused of grooming ‘troubled’ underage girls”, and the opening sentence now refers to “Asian” rather than “Muslim” men.

This hasn’t prevented 700,000 printed copies of the paper being distributed to Londoners with a headline that attributes the alleged crime to the assumed religious beliefs of the accused.

Update:  See also “Anti-Muslim bias in sex grooming stories resurface”, ENGAGE, 16 January 2013

Update 2:  Read ENGAGE’s letter to the Press Complaints Commission here.

Far-right activists plan new street protest movement

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Britain First 'no more mosques'

The setbacks suffered by the English Defence League – shrinking numbers attending its demonstrations, its leader in prison, its deputy leader arrested for incitement to racial hatred – are seen by others on the far right as an opportunity to build a new organisation under their own control to replace the EDL.

EDL News draws our attention to a far-right unity meeting that took place in Dartford at the weekend, evidently on the initiative of the group Britain First, the aim of which was to “lay plans for a unified, well organised new street protest movement”.

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Seven jailed for violence after EDL demonstration in Cleckheaton

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EDL Cleckheaton March 2012
The EDL demonstration in Cleckheaton that preceded the racist attacks

Seven men have been locked up for causing trouble in Dewsbury and Heckmondwike after an English Defence League (EDL)demonstration in Cleckheaton.

The group, who were sentenced at Leeds Crown Court this morning, are all from Bradford. They attended the far-right group’s demonstration on March 17 last year.

Some went on to Heckmondwike and were involved in smashing a window at the Co-operative Travel in Northgate. All seven then went to the Principal pub in Dewsbury where Robert Collington, 27, hurled racist abuse at a passing motorist and his passenger.

Stephen Woodhead, 33, then spat on the passenger and Kevin Docherty, 39, threw his drink at the car as it drove away. Later, members of the group chased an Asian man along Corporation Street, Dewsbury, and beat him when he fell to the ground.

They were stopped by police as they made their way towards Savile Town.

All pleaded guilty at earlier hearings.

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Thanet EDL leader resigns after local paper exposes anti-Muslim Facebook posts

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Gary MilsomA member of the Thanet division of the English Defence League has quit the extreme political party after being contacted by the Isle of Thanet Gazette over posts on his Facebook page.

Gary Field’s page on the popular social networking site is under the pseudonym of Pat Riot. Messages posted since the start of the year, when he was the EDL’s area organiser, include comments directed towards Muslims.

The Isle of Thanet Gazette asked Mr Field to respond to posts put on his Facebook account. But after speaking with our reporter, Mr Field then said in a statement that he had left the EDL.

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University’s new centre to study rise in anti-Islam far right

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Teesside University HMD (1)A British university has established a dedicated centre to study the extremist far right, with a particular focus on the increase in violent anti-Islamic sentiment and the possibility of a lone, Anders Behring Breivik style attack.

The Centre for Fascist, Anti-Fascist and Post-Fascist Studies at Teesside University will be formally launched later this month at an event marking National Holocaust Memorial Day. Beginning with two academics, Professor Nigel Copsey and Dr Matthew Feldman, the centre will specialise in both the history of far-right radicalism in this country, and current trends and dangers.

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‘Mosque buster’ lawyer gives free advice on how to block worship

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Law and Freedom Foundation logoA self-styled “mosque buster”, who boasts that he has blocked plans for 16 mosques across Britain, was once linked to the far-right English Defence League (EDL) and claims that Islam encourages paedophilia, sexual abuse and pimping.

Gavin Boby, a planning lawyer from Bristol, urges his followers to undermine planning applications for mosques by raising their opposition with councils.

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