English Defence League (EDL) members have been humiliated and driven out of Dudley today. Anti-fascist activists and the local Asian community combined to halt the EDL seizure of an empty warehouse on the proposed site of a new mosque. Socialist … Continue reading
Members of the English Defence League (EDL) have been deliberately provoking Muslim communities in Dudley for over 12 hours, by staging a rooftop demonstration on the site of a proposed Mosque that communities are seeking planning permission for. The EDL … Continue reading
Reports are coming in that the English Defence League has occupied the rooftop of a derelict building in Dudley earmarked for a mammoth [sic] new mosque. The group staged a daytime protest in the town on Easter Saturday to show … Continue reading
Violent clashes broke out on Saturday between riot police and right-wing protesters. About 2,000 members of the English Defence League (EDL) descended on Dudley town centre in the West Midlands to demonstrate against plans for a new mosque. Some of … Continue reading
Over 1,000 people gathered in Dudley town centre on Saturday to attend Unite Against Fascism’s “One Dudley Many Cultures” carnival against racism. The event was set up to celebrate Dudley’s multi-racial society and oppose the presence of the racist English … Continue reading
Thus the headline in the Dudley News, reporting the High Court decision to grant outline planning permission for Dudley Muslim Association to build a mosque and community, training and enterprise centre.
The BBC reports that the government’s Planning Inspectorate has overturned a decision by the local council to reject an application to build a mosque in Dudley. The proposal had been the subject of a bitter right-wing campaign by the likes of the BNP … Continue reading
A Dudley councillor is calling on the people of the town to “create crowds” outside Dudley Council House as the future of the mosque is discussed inside. For two days in June (10 and 11) the planning inspectorate from Bristol … Continue reading
Campaigners have set up a crisis group to plan a fresh attack on proposals to build an £18 million mosque in Dudley. Malcolm Davis, former councillor for St James’ ward, says his phone has been ringing off the hook with … Continue reading
Churchgoers at Dudley’s landmark Top Church have hit out at the vicar’s support for a proposed multi-million pound mosque and raised a 900-name petition. The Rev Tony Attwood, vicar at St Thomas and St Luke’s, has backed plans for a … Continue reading