Tariq Ramadan plots the conquest of the West

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Alan JohnsonWe’ve remarked in the past that depicting Tariq Ramadan (Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Oxford University) as some sort of dangerous extremist is a sure sign that Islamophobia has descended into complete dementia.

Judging by his article in the Telegraph denouncing the invitation to Professor Ramadan to deliver the annual George Orwell Lecture in London this week, Alan Johnson (pictured) would appear to be among those who have waved goodbye to rational thought on this subject.

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Mounted police among hundreds of extra officers being drafted into Exeter for EDL march

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Mounted police will take to the streets of Exeter this weekend as a major national demonstration is held by the far right group. Hundreds of extra officers from as far away as Birmingham and South Wales will be in city centre on Saturday for the English Defence League (EDL) march.

Demonstrators from across the country are expected to descend in for the march to protest against ‘militant Islam’. But Exeter Together, the group opposing the march, has signed up more than 800 people and organisations to condemn it.

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Pig’s head left at site of Turkish cultural centre

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PROVOC COCHON MORT AFait Réligieux reports that on Friday 8 November workers at the new Turkish cultural center under construction in Amboise, in the Indre-et-Loir department in west-central France, found a pig’s head on the site.

This is the third such incident there. Kazim Oflu and Ismail Ozdemir, secretary and president of the Association culturelle turque d’Amboise (Acta), said: “Another pig’s head was left here recently. And on 29 September 2012 we found a boar’s head, under the same circumstances: on our way to noon prayer, on a Friday.”

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EDL supporters jailed for racist violence in Burnley

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Declan Clayton and Wayne LordTwo members of a gang who confronted a group of Asian men, racially abusing them, hurling sticks and shouting ‘EDL’ taunts, have been jailed.

Burnley Crown Court heard how in the early hours clash on Church Street in the town, bricks were wielded, a restaurant boss was attacked and a terrified girl was hit in the face and knocked to the ground by a missile thrown by one of her own group. The violence, on September 15, was captured on CCTV.

Two of those involved Wayne Lord, 20, and Declan Clayton,19, were both sent to detention. The trouble was said to have been led by a 16-year-old, who was earlier spared custody at the lower court.

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Anti-Muslim license plate battle back in court

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ICUHAJI plateIraqi War vet, Sean Bujno, who is suing to use the license plates “ICUHAJI,” had his case dismissed for a second time by a circuit court judge.

The license plate is deemed offensive and racist towards certain groups, such as Arabs and Muslims. Bujno’s attorney says it is a First Amendment issue. They are considering a third appeal, this time possibly with a U.S. District Court.

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Man banned from mosques after pig head is hurled

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Blackpool Central Mosque
Two days after the killing of Lee Rigby, a pig’s head was thrown into Blackpool Central Mosque

A man has been banned from going within 50 metres of any mosque after he threw a severed pig’s head into a building during prayer time.

Thomas Ashton was among a group who bought a pig’s head from a butcher’s shop and then hurled it into the mosque on Revoe Road, Blackpool. The incident was then publicised by Ashton and others on Facebook, a court was told.

Ashton, 20, of Dudley Avenue, North Shore, pleaded guilty to racially aggravated threatening behaviour. Blackpool magistrates said their powers were not sufficient to deal with the case and bailed Ashton to appear at Preston Crown Court on December 15. He was told by the court he must not go within 50 metres of any mosque as a condition of his bail.

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Le Pen and Wilders launch far-right alliance

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Le Pen and WildersMarine Le Pen, leader of the French far-right National Front, joined notorious anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders in The Hague on Wednesday to announce a “historic” Europe-wide alliance of far-right parties ahead of next year’s European elections.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and Dutch anti-Islamic leader Geert Wilders on Wednesday launched what they called a “historic” alliance to fight next year’s European elections, with other eurosceptic parties expected to join.

“Today is a historic day. We have taken a decision to ally ourselves with other patriots willing to work within the same dynamic,” Le Pen told journalists after talks with Party for Freedom (PVV) leader Wilders.

“Today is the start of the liberation of Europe from the monster of Brussels,” said Wilders, known for his platinum-blonde hair and his eurosceptic and anti-Islamic views.

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Veteran Quebec politician says Qur’an is a book of ‘conquest and violence’

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Jean AllaireThe founder of the Action Democratique says his current party, the CAQ, should be staking out a tough stand in favour of the PQ’s proposed Charter of Values.

Jean Allaire says his views on the wearing of religious symbols are much closer to those of the PQ than those of the CAQ, which favours a ban only for civil servants in positions of authority such as judges and police officers.

Allaire told La Presse he read the Koran and concluded that it is a book about conquest and violence and bearded men wrongly use it to convince women that they should wear headscarves.

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Premier Inn guest hurled racist abuse with fire extinguisher hose up his bottom

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A hotel guest emerged naked from a storage cupboard of a Premier Inn with a fire extinguisher hose up his bottom, a court was told.

Joseph Small, 20, stripped off and grabbed the appliance on the fourth floor corridor of the budget hotel. He then put the hose between his buttocks and began touching himself, Westminster magistrates’ court heard.

Small also urinated on the carpet before a hotel worker wrapped him in a towel and escorted him down to reception. He then hurled abuse at the Bangladeshi member of staff, telling him: “This country has been taken over by al-Qaeda – go back to Pakistan.”

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