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.
“One second I’m comfortable in bed, and the next second I’m running out of the house in the freezing cold, running for my life,” recalls Mohamed Soltan.
Soltan, a sixth-year in economics at Ohio State, and his roommate Ahmed Mahmoud, a third-year in finance, were victims of arson in their Hilliard home on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The FBI, along with the Hilliard Division of Police, have yet to identify the culprit of the arson that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in repairs.
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) wants to put a stop to immigration from Muslim countries, according to a new press release by the party. The party says Muslims don’t integrate and cause big problems with shariah zones, parallel societies and social control.
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.
Tash Shifrin reports that the English Defence League’s former financial backer Alan Lake has been suspended from his job, following revelations about his role in the EDL, as has another prominent figure in the international “counterjihadist” movement, Chris Knowles.
Under the cover of darkness Sunday night, vandals downed alcohol, threw rocks and smashed the windows – along with over a decade of hard work, financial sacrifices and prayers – of a Chantilly mosque.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim community was reeling Monday after learning of the destruction at the construction site, which leaders estimated could cost up to $60,000 to repair. The vandals took out most of the glass windows and doors on the first floor, and even two windows high on the second floor.
“It’s kind of devastating to see,” said Usman Ghumman, the general secretary. “All the windows are smashed in, like in an insane way. Like somebody went systematically, door to door, to whatever’s reachable.”
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.