Category Archives: English Defence League

Fascists target Sunderland Muslims on Facebook

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Pam Branningan with Eddie Stampton

‘Angel’ unites with a ‘patriot’

Anti-fascists claim Far Right extremists are establishing roots in Sunderland and spreading racial hatred across the city via Facebook.

Activists from Hope not Hate claim a Wearsider using the alias “Angel Unites Patriots” is playing a central role in organising Far Right demonstrations against Muslims living in the city.

The organisation also claims the user behind “Angel” was among crowds of English Defence League (EDL) supporters chanting anti-Muslim slogans at last month’s demo against proposals for a new mosque of St Mark’s Road in Millfield.

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Man behind plan to establish Islamic centre in Shotton is victim of arson attack

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Shotton arson attackA dad fears his family could have been killed in a suspected racist arson attack which left his three young daughters terrified.

North Wales Police launched an investigation after a garage at the back of Shafiul Islam’s house in Shotton was torched early on Tuesday morning.

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University of Nottingham stands up to far-right intimidation

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ENR Nottingham University protestThe EDL/NEI protest in Sunderland wasn’t the only far-right anti-Muslim demonstration on Saturday. A number of fascist groups gathered outside the University of Nottingham to protest against the Family Retreat event being held at the conference centre over the Easter weekend, at which Haitham al-Haddad was an advertised speaker.

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EDL and Infidels hold anti-mosque protest in Sunderland

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EDL NEI Millfield March 2013There was yet another far-right protest yesterday at the site of the planned mosque at Millfield in Sunderland. This one was organised by the English Defence League and the North East Infidels.

The Infidels, you may recall, originated in a split from the EDL two years ago. The EDL leadership, who at that point were still trying to maintain the pretence that they had nothing to do with fascism, denounced the Infidels as Nazis – which was an entirely accurate description.

However, following the disastrous Waltham Forest demonstration last September the EDL leadership issued an appeal for far-right unity in a desperate attempt to reverse declining numbers at its protests. As a result, demonstrations have seen increased co-operation between the EDL and the Infidels, for example at Shotton Colliery in December and in Manchester earlier this month.

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Police appeal to trace men after violence at Walsall town centre EDL protest

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EDL Walsall protest wanted

Police want to speak to these 10 men after violence erupted on the streets of Walsall during a protest by the English Defence League.

Officers have spent hours trawling through CCTV footage of the disorder, which broke out in the town centre on September 29 last year.

It comes after police carried out early morning raids yesterday, arresting eight people on suspicion of public order offences. Homes in Walsall, Brownhills, West Bromwich, Tipton and Hateley Heath were all targeted. Six men have been charged with violent disorder and two have been bailed pending further inquiries.

Express & Star, 27 March 2013

Man photographed grinning and holding piece of wood moments before mosque attack was merely smiling happily at his friends, claims defence counsel

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A man photographed holding a piece of wood moments before Kingston Mosque was attacked was grinning at his friends not plotting violence, his defence counsel has said.

Alfie Wallace was snapped holding a piece of wood in East Road, where the mosque is, while another unidentified man stood behind him wielding a stick, Kingston Crown Court heard. He was caught on the mobile phone of co-defendant David Morris before the attack on November 21, 2010.

Mr Wallace’s defence counsel Eve Macatonia said: “The picture the Crown say is so sinister. Have a look at his face. He is smiling.”

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Seven held following raids in Walsall and Sandwell over EDL protest violence

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EDL arrest Walsall

Police swooped on homes across the Black Country today, including two addresses in Walsall, to arrest people suspected of violent disorder during a protest in the town by the EDL.

Seven men aged between 17 and 59 were arrested during the early morning raids. Police also seized items of clothing. It comes after violence erupted in Walsall town centre on September 29 during the English Defence League demonstration.

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Counter-protest overwhelms anti-Muslims in Malmö

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Malmö anti-SDL protest

Members of a Swedish anti-Muslim nationalist group were outnumbered by police and counter-protesters during a demonstration Saturday in Malmo.

Swedish Defence League speakers had trouble making themselves heard over the chants from their opponents, The Local.se reported. The news website said only about 20 SDL members were present, while more than 100 police officers and about 600 counter-demonstrators showed up, the news agency TT reported.

Most of the action came from clashes between the counter-protestors and police. Snowballs were tossed at police officers and barricades knocked down.

The SDL, modeled on the English Defence League, was founded in 2012. The two groups abandoned plans in August for a joint demonstration in Stockholm because of the threat of opposition protests.

The counter-protesters had at least one banner that linked the SDL to the Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, TT reported. Breivik said in postings on the internet before he set off a bomb in Oslo. Norway, and gunned down scores of teenagers at a youth camp that he had been inspired by the SDL.

UPI, 23 March 2013

Infidels’ leader in court over Sunderland mosque demonstration

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Warren FaulknerThe leader of far-right group the North East Infidels has appeared in court accused of causing disorder during a demonstration at the site of a new mosque in Sunderland.

Warren Faulkner, who leads a splinter group of the English Defence League, will be tried by a jury after he denied causing fear or provocation of violence at Sunderland Magistrates’ Court on Thursday March 21, 2013.

He also pleaded not guilty to possessing cocaine, a Class A drug.

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