Tommy Robinson: ‘Ukip understands the threat Islam poses 100%’

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Stephen Lennon arrestedTommy Robinson, the co-founder and former leader of the far-right English Defence League (EDL) has indicated that he will support Ukip in the next general election, saying that the anti-EU party “understands the threat Islam poses 100%”.

Explaining where his political loyalties lie, Robinson, 32, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley Lennon, said: “I’m a working class lad, I come from parents who were immigrants and generations of Labour voters. I should be Labour but they don’t represent me. What we have now is people like me – working class people – moving towards Ukip without knowing what Ukip is really about.”

He continued: “But we do know we agree about the EU and immigration. I’m sure every other of their policies will go against working men like me, but they understand us. I don’t really even have a problem with immigration, as I said, I’m the son of immigrants, but it’s this Islamic ideology that everyone else is failing to address.”

Pressed on his understanding of Ukip’s stance to the Muslim faith, Robinson hinted at back-door communications with the anti-EU party: “I’m not at liberty to go into details but all I know is that 100% Ukip fully understand the threat of Islamic ideology.”

Robinson left the EDL in October 2013, supposedly because he had concerns about the “dangers of far-right extremism” and doubted the productiveness of the marches he used to organise. However, he has now indicated he will return next summer: “I wouldn’t rule out organising these kind of marches in the UK but I’m on license so I can’t contact the EDL. On 22nd July I have my freedom of speech back.”

Despite spending time with “moderate Muslims”, and even working briefly with the anti-radicalisation thinktank the Quilliam Foundation, Robinson is convinced that a divide between Muslims and non-Muslims will lead to conflict in Britain. “The UK is heading to civil war. Whether it happens in five, 10 or 20 years, there will be bloodshed. I left the EDL and went and spoke to moderate Muslims but I really don’t believe this issue will be solved, it’s too big. I have done a lot of searching and there’s no answer. It terrifies me. Things are just getting worse.”

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Manhattan Beach, California: Protesters ask school board to reconsider teaching Islam

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Manhattan Beach school textbookA group of protesters asked the Manhattan Beach Unified School District to review how it teaches Islam at the school board’s meeting on Dec. 10.

A couple stood outside the building’s entrance with signs that said “Stop teaching Islam,” and “No Islam en la escuela” [sic]. As people entered, they handed out pamphlets that said in all caps, “TEACHING ISLAM WITHOUT WARNING LABELS IS LIKE STORING DRAINO IN A SUGAR BOWL.”

During the meeting, 11 individuals explained how they thought the school board should change or eliminate its teaching of Islam.

“Mein Kampf reads like a love story compared to the Quran,” said Steve Amundson. “I propose Islam be removed from the curriculum. It’s more akin to Nazism than a religion.”

The parents of a Manhattan Beach Middle School seventh grader said that they became concerned when their son showed them his homework, which asked students to write down the five tenets of Islam.

“This is the homework that set us off,” said Judy Diethelm as she held up the worksheet. “He had to write down ‘Allah is the one true God.’ The curriculum being presented is indoctrination, and we are opposed to this.”

The boy’s father, Keith Johnson, said that they had asked the school’s principal to remove the textbook, Medieval and Early Modern Times. “We are not anti-Islam, but pro-equality,” he said.

Later, Gary Aven of Redondo Beach asked where the principal, John Jackson, was. “He’s right here,” said a man, indicating the man next to him. “Why didn’t you respond to that parent?” he asked, pointing at Jackson.

“Oh, I did,” said Jackson before Bill Fournell, the newly elected president of the school board, interrupted. “Sir, this isn’t an inquisition,” he said to giggles from a group of high school students.

Once public comment ended, Superintendent Michael Matthews said that the textbook and curriculum were “specifically prescribed” by the state, and that he supported that mandate.

“Scrutiny can be a great thing,” said Matthews. “I’m proud to be a place where people can come to us to speak their mind. But in terms of banning a certain part of the curriculum that people don’t agree with, I’m not going to go along with that.” He invited the protesters to give their feedback to the state.

After the meeting, Jackson and a couple of others discussed how they would exit the building. When asked if other parents had contacted him about the Islam issue, he said no. “Outside the board meetings, they’re the only ones,” he said.

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Accrington mosque suffers fire damage after caravan parked outside is torched

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Accrington mosque fire damageA mosque has been damaged during a nearby arson attack on a caravan.

Firefighters from Hyndburn were called to Richmond Hill Street in Accrington to tackle the torched caravan parked on the road.

The flames spread to the nearby mosque causing severe damage to two windows and the heat caused damage to two other windows.

Another nearby car also suffered heat damage during the incident at around 9pm on Monday, December 15.

Lancashire Police said they are treating the caravan fire as suspicious and are working with the fire and service to establish a cause.

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More damage at Minnesota Islamic center sparks fear

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Central Minnesota Islamic Center vandalism (2)An Islamic faith center in St. Cloud was damaged again this week, and its leaders are voicing fears about its members’ safety.

The Central Minnesota Islamic Center in the 300 block of Fourth Avenue South reported a broken window shortly after 7:30 p.m. Monday. Two people were inside when it happened, center spokesman Mohamoud Mohamed told the Times. He said they were on the other side of the building and weren’t injured.

This is the fourth incident of damage at the Islamic center in the past month, Mohamed said. He said this one was particularly concerning, because it appeared that someone used something heavy to break the window. “Every corner of our facility has now been attacked,” he said. “It is very sad to see that happening in this century, especially during this season.”

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Middlesbrough fan Julie Phillips banned from every ground

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Julie PhillipsA football fan who ripped up pages of the Koran during a match has been banned from every football ground in England and Wales for three years.

Julie Phillips, 51, tore pages during Middlesbrough’s 2-2 draw away at Birmingham City, last December. Police said Phillips, who already had a lifetime ban from Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium, caused or contributed to other acts of disorder.

Phillips said she did not know the book was the Koran.

She is the first woman in the North East to receive such a ban, which was imposed by Teesside Magistrates’ Court.

A trial at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court in May found Phillips and another Middlesbrough fan guilty of causing racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress.

Cleveland Police applied to the court in Teesside to have her banned from all football grounds saying the Koran incident was one of several involving Phillips.

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Houellebecq predicts Muslim Brotherhood takeover of France

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Les Inrocks Houellebecq met l’islam au pouvoirFrance’s most famous living novelist, Michel Houellebecq, appears on course for a fresh literary polemic after it emerged his next book predicts a Muslim will beat the far-Right Front National to run the country in 2022.

Few details had previously emerged about the latest work of France’s literary enfant terrible, who shot to global fame with Atomised and recently won France’s top literary award, Le Goncourt, for The Map and the Territory.

But on Tuesday, it was reported that his next book, out on January 7, is called Submission – a reference to Islam and the submission of infidels to Allah through conversion to the religion.

Set in the very near future, the novel reportedly predicts that despite his record unpopularity, François Hollande, the current Socialist president, manages to clinch a second five-year term in 2017.

However, in 2022, he is knocked out in round one by a far-Right Front National candidate and a certain Mohammed Ben Abbes, backed by the fictitious Muslim Fraternity party. The latter goes on to win the presidency after joining forces with the Socialists, centrist UDI group and Nicolas Sarkozy’s centre-Right UMP.

Houellebecq apparently dismisses the idea that Mr Sarkozy will make a triumphant presidential comeback, as he currently hopes.

François Bayrou, a centrist who has run in several presidential elections, is chosen as prime minister, in a scenario that, according to Les Inrockuptibles, “totally overturns (French) society”.

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Austrian Muslims accuse government of rights violations

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Austria’s Muslim organizations said the government violated the rights of an estimated 600,000 Muslims in the country after officials sent a proposed law, dubbed the “Islamic Bill,” to parliament without first consulting the Muslim community.

“The government has sent the bill to parliament without considering our viewpoint,” Mouddar Khouja, founder of Austrian Muslims Initiative, said at a press conference Monday. “The draft had to be examined during the Austrian Muslims Initiative meeting on Dec. 21.”

Khouja said Muslims are considered second class citizens in Austria and the government does not take into account the existing laws on religious freedoms and UN laws on freedom of religion and belief.

According to the bill, employing preachers from abroad would be prohibited. Imams would instead be trained at Austrian universities. Currently, some 300 imams work in the country, including 65 Turkish preachers. The proposed legislation also contains a new overseas funding ban.

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Britain First advises supporters to avoid Bradford, Dewsbury and all of East London

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Britain First advice on how to avoid 'scum'

Far-right political group Britain First has come under fire for advising its supporters to avoid Bradford, Dewsbury and East London.

A supporter wrote a comment on the Britain First Facebook page asking for names of towns that people can no longer go into “cause of the scum”. The admin of the Britain First Facebook page replied with “Bradford, All of East London, Dewsbury, Luton and parts of most major cities”.

The comments were made on 11 December under an image of a Britain First beanie hat.

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‘A great place to live’ – residents’ survey sees Tower Hamlets go from strength to strength

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Tower Hamlets Council is ‘doing a better job’ than last year and Mayor will step up the pace to further improve where necessary

The recent Annual Residents’ Survey, a large scale public consultation, leaves our borough with much to be proud of.

79% of residents are satisfied with the borough as a place to live, and 78% see it as a place where people from diverse backgrounds get on well and live together in harmony. Concern about crime was at its lowest since the survey began sixteen years ago.

Tower Hamlets First are particularly pleased that many more residents not only feel that the council is doing a better job, but also that residents feel that that they have more of an influence over what the council does.

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Sydney cafe siege: Britain First blames Australia terror attack on ‘mass immigration’ and fact Lindt isn’t Halal‑certified

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Britain First Lindt campaignBritain First has been accused of using the Sydney café siege that involved the death of two hostages to “push conspiracy theories” on its social media channels.

The leader of the right-wing political movement has issued a video message to its Facebook followers blaming the attack by lone gunman Man Haron Monis on “mass immigration”, while a series of posts attempted to link the incident to “halal certification”.

Paul Golding said that an attack on Australia was “an attack on Britain and the British people”, on the grounds that “it was Britain that actually built Australia… the people living there have British ancestry and the Queen is still the head of state”.

He said he was issuing a “warning from a country that is already in deep danger regarding Islamic extremism”. “Every single Western country in the world is facing the threat from jihad, from demographic decline and takeover due to mass immigration,” he said.

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