A Belgian politician has risked causing uproar among Muslims after starting a “Women Against Islamization” campaign featuring his 19-year-old daughter wearing a burka and a bikini.
Filip Dewinter, leader of the far-right Vlaams Belang party, uses a shot of his daughter An-Sofie Dewinter in the dark blue bikini for the political campaign.
Four of Scotland’s highest profile politicians have urged councillors to block moves by the far-right Scottish Defence League to march in Glasgow.
SNP deputy leader Nicola Sturgeon, and Scots Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem leaders, Johann Lamont, Ruth Davidson and Willie Rennie are backing the move. In an open letter, they say such a march would bring “vile, toxic hate”.
This report on the BNP website probably looks familiar. That’s because it’s lifted directly from an earlier report in the Daily Mail. Yet again we find the Mail providing the far right with material to stoke anti-Muslim hatred. The English Defence League’s protest in Leicester on Saturday has similarly been inspired by the paper’s irresponsible and inaccurate reporting (see here and here). Perhaps the Mail‘s editor Paul Dacre might be asked to explain himself when he appears at the Leveson Inquiry next week.
Cuts are threatening Tynside-based football charity Show Racism the Red Card, it was revealed today. The organisation, which has headquarters in North Shields, faces an uncertain future unless a Government finance bid is successful.
Bosses from the 15-year-old group submitted an application in September and were told they would have a decision in December. But the charity, which faces a deficit of more than £100,000 after posting a significant loss last year, is still waiting for an answer.
City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby has been urged to ask the Home Office to outlaw Saturday’s English Defence League march.
The call was made yesterday by former city council leader Ross Willmott. He said he was concerned at the potential for disorder breaking out along the route allocated to the group, which includes Belgrave Gate, the Clock Tower and Church Gate.
Instead the group – whose members turned violent during a previous demonstration in the city in October 2010 – should only be allowed to go ahead with their “static” demonstration outside the city centre, Coun Willmott said.
The following has just been posted on the English Defence League’s Facebook page:
This is a well-known hoax that originated in the US and was later transplanted to Australia, where it recently made a reappearance. Its British variant is now being promoted by the EDL in order to whip up anti-Muslim sentiment in the UK.
The English Defence League will be allowed to march through Leicester on Saturday – as long as it agrees to a route and conditions laid down by police.
Senior police officers have advised the city council that a march would be easier to contain than a “static protest,” which they cannot prevent from taking place even if a march was banned.
The city council will therefore not approach the Home Secretary for a ban on the planned march, unless the EDL refuses to agree with the proposed route and conditions.
A counter demonstration is also planned by opposition group Leicester Unite Against Fascism (LUAF). It too has been offered a set route for a march and its response is also awaited.
Arsonists are believed to have started a fire outside a mosque in Redditch on Tuesday evening (January 24).
Firefighters tackled a small fire at the front door of the building in Jinnah Road at about 10.20pm. No-one was injured and there was no major damage to the building.
Police were also called and said they were treating the incident as arson. An investigation is now underway and officers said the exact circumstances surrounding the fire were not yet known.
This week, the London School of Economics (LSE) Students’ Union held an Emergency General Meeting (EGM) in response to the increasing tension on campus among society groups. After weeks of low attendances, the EGM successfully brought a substantial amount of students to the Old Theatre during the Union General Meeting’s (UGM) constant Thursday allotment. The meeting, chaired by Jack Tindale, presented three motions to be debated.
Arsonists are believed to have started a fire outside a mosque in Redditch on Tuesday evening (January 24).
Firefighters tackled a small fire at the front door of the building in Jinnah Road at about 10.20pm. No-one was injured and there was no major damage to the building.
Police were also called and said they were treating the incident as arson. An investigation is now underway and officers said the exact circumstances surrounding the fire were not yet known.