Category Archives: Far right racists

John Lewis sells school uniforms to Muslims shock

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Mail John Lewis hijab report

Today the Daily Mail reports that John Lewis is offering the hijab in its school uniform department for the first time, after signing contracts with two schools in London and Liverpool.

Perhaps because it is written by the paper’s consumer affairs editor, rather than one of the usual hacks specialising in anti-Muslim stories, the article itself  is – by the Mail‘s standards – a quite straightforward and non-inflammatory piece of reporting.

However, it doesn’t take much to set off an outbreak of Islamophobic hysteria among the Mail‘s readers. With a few exceptions, pointing out that this is merely a case of a retailer responding to customer demand, the below-the-line comments are vitriolically hostile, featuring repeated calls for a boycott of John Lewis.

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New Gillingham mosque receives planning permission despite Britain First campaign

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Plans for a large mosque were approved by Medway council this evening as police waited outside after a ‘day of action’ by right wing activists.

Right wing pressure group Britain First carried out a ‘day of action’ in the Medway towns today in protest at the mosque plans. Activists handed out leaflets and protested with a banner stating “No more mosques!”

Before the meeting, uniformed Britain First members were confronted outside the council offices by a group called The Truth About Britain First, who also handed out leaflets.

Six members of Britain First attended the meeting and shouted at the end about the segregation of women.

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Croydon’s Labour and Conservative groups join forces to condemn BNP’s anti-mosque campaign

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BNP stall New AddingtonBoth major political parties in Croydon have joined forces to condemn the British National Party’s ‘distorted’ campaign against a mosque being built in New Addington.

The estate’s four Labour ward councillors, Conservative Croydon Central MP Gavin Barwell and the Tory Greater London Assembly Member for Croydon and Sutton Steve O’Connell, have released a joint statement regarding a campaign they have attributed to the BNP.

It is in relation to a meeting called this Sunday (August 17) at the ACA [Addington Community Association] regarding the possibility of a mosque being built in New Addington, which they say is clearly being organised by the BNP.

In May, the Advertiser reported the Shirley branch of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community were considering New Addington for a new base but were also looking at Addington, Shirley and South Croydon.

The area’s councillors, Mr Barwell and Cllr O’Connell have today accused the BNP of running an “opportunistic hate-driven campaign”.

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Elswick racist jailed after family driven out of their new home as they try to move in

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Daniel McStayVile racist thugs drove an Asian family out of their new home as they tried to move in. The Ali family pulled up outside their new house in Elswick, Newcastle, only to be greeted by a seething gang of young yobs.

Boxer Daniel McStay [pictured] and five or six youths started punching and kicking their car, telling them to get off “their estate” and threatening to kill them.

Terrified Mr Ali, who had his wife and three daughters in the car, frantically began reversing to try to get away as the gang kicked his car. One of them threw a pint glass of beer at the back of his car, which smashed showering the car with alcohol and glass.

Fifteen minutes later McStay and two youths subjected another man to a racist attack as he waited in his car for his friend outside Elswick mosque.

As McStay, 22, was jailed for eight months, Mr Ali told how the incident had left him and his family scared to move in. He said: “We had been looking forward to moving in to the new house but now we do not wish to do so. My daughters and wife are extremely upset, we have not been involved in an incident like this before. My family have been racially targeted for no reason. The damage to my car can be repaired, however mentally we have all suffered.”

Newcastle Crown Court heard the family were taking furniture to the house on Brittania Place, Elswick, around 3pm on March 23, ahead of moving in. Just after Mr Ali, his wife and daughters, aged, 10, 18 and 19, pulled up, McStay and the others approached from behind, swigging alcohol.

Neil Pallister, prosecuting, said one of them shouted: “You better not be moving here or we will kill you, this is our estate.” There followed a tirade of vile racist abuse and a 17-year-old started punching the driver’s side window shouting “Get out of here or I will kill you.”

Mr Pallister said: “All of the males were involved in the racial abuse and McStay joined in. Clearly Mr Ali and his family were in great fear and he began reversing his car down the street and turned round to drive away. As he reversed his car the group began kicking his car and ran after him and his family. One of them threw a pint glass which hit the rear window of the car, smashing glass and showering the car with alcohol as they drove away.”

After getting clear of the attack and reporting it to police, the family saw their car had been dented, causing hundreds of pounds of damage. Mr Pallister said: “They were too scared and frightened to move into the address.”

Just fifteen minutes later McStay and two youths targeted an 18-year-old as he waited in his car outside Elswick mosque. He was racially abused and told to leave the area and also had his car kicked.

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Christine Tasin convicted of hate crime

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Christine Tasin l'islam est une saloperieChristine Tasin, president of the French far-right anti-Muslim organisation Résistance Républicaine, has been convicted of incitement to racial hatred for comments she made about Islam in October last year.

During an exchange with members of the Muslim community, a video of which was posted on Youtube, Tasin declared: “Yes I’m an Islamophobe, so what? Hatred of Islam is something I’m proud of. Islam is a piece of shit … it is a danger to France.”

As a result, the Coordination contre le racisme et l’islamophobie filed a complaint against her. The prosecution stated that Tasin’s words were “likely to provoke the rejection of Muslims by designating them as a threat to France”.

Tasin, who turned up in court dressed in the blue, white and red of the French national flag, received a three-month suspended prison sentence and a €3000 fine.

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EDL try to attack Gaza protestors in Portsmouth

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EDL Portsmouth Gaza protestA confrontation between anti-war demonstrators and members of the English Defence League (EDL) brought Portsmouth’s city centre to a standstill today.

About 200 protesters marching against Israel’s campaign in Gaza were confronted by around 15 men from the right-wing group about 1pm. The anti-war protesters were stopped at the roundabout between Guildhall Square and Commercial Road by police as more officers rushed to the scene.

The EDL men, most with shaven heads, stood on the opposite side of the road held back by police. One man wearing a skullcap and carrying the flag of Israel shouted: “You support Hamas, the terrorists!” Some EDL men came to push-and-shove with the police, as the anti-war group moved on down the pedestrian zone, chanting: “Free, free Palestine!”

Police continued to shepherd the protesters around the city centre as the EDL gang unsuccessfully tried to head off the group. A 38-year-old man, chanting “EDL! EDL!”, was arrested on suspicion of assault after a bottle was thrown in the direction of the protestors.

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EDL receive ‘lukewarm reception’ in Batley

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EDL Bately August 2014EDL protesters in Batley received a lukewarm reception today when they held their first national demonstration in the town.

Up to 350 people from across the country are believed to have taken part in the rally, which was held in Batley market place. But local campaigners and residents said that the far-right group were not welcome in the area and that the event had been a ‘huge waste of taxpayers money.’

Hundreds of police officers from Yorkshire, Humberside and beyond were drafted in to oversee the demo, which was called in protest at what the EDL say is the growing influence of Islam and English people “treated as second class citizens.” A group marched from the Wellington pub into the square, where they gathered for just over one hour from 1pm to hear speeches, whilst surrounded by police.

Considerably smaller than the national demonstration that took place in Dewsbury in 2012, they waved St Georges Cross and Israeli flags whilst chanting ‘Yorkshire’ and ‘EDL’. It is the first time a national EDL protest has been held in the region since joint founder Tommy Robinson left in 2013, when he sighted concerns of ‘dangers of far-right extremism’ and violence.

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North West Infidels’ anti-mosque protest ‘should not have been allowed in residential area’, says councillor

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NWI banner Astley Bridge Mosque protest August 2012The North West Infidels’ anti-mosque protest should not have been allowed in a residential area, a councillor claims.

Cllr Guy Harkin said he and his Crompton ward colleagues were “profoundly unhappy” that protesters from outside of Bolton were bussed in by coaches to the area for the demonstration on Saturday.

But police said they offered other locations to protesters – but they were adamant that they would protest close to the mosque.

Cllr Harkin said: “People have the right to a peaceful protest, but the lot on Saturday looked like the cast of Benefits Street. They are thugs. Why should a national protest be allowed to come into a small side street, in the middle of our ward?

“You have a demonstration attracting people from across the country, and it struck me it is just not acceptable to bring these people into a residential area. It wasn’t a peaceful protest. It was a violent protest that was contained by the police who stopped it becoming a major incident.”

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Dutch Jewish group dumps Wilders over Islam comments

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geen excuus voor jodenhaatA Dutch Jewish group dropped the politician Geert Wilders from a petition against anti-Semitism.

The Center for Information and Documentation on Israel, or CIDI, had approached Wilders for his signature along with other well-known Dutchmen. But the group dropped Wilders’ name when the petition appeared on Thursday as a full-page ad in De Telegraaf daily.

“In the Netherlands, everyone must live safely, also Jews,” read the petition. The petition noted that it was not an “expression of solidarity with Israel’s government.” Rather, the 86 signatories said: “Criticism of Israel? Okay. Jew-hatred? No way.”

CIDI director Esther Voet told the Volkskrant daily that Wilders, the leader of the far-right Party for Freedom, was removed after he criticized a joint declaration earlier this week by Jewish community representatives and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

In an open letter this week, Wilders accused Rutte of ignoring “the elephant in the room,” adding: “You fear Islam so you will not say what everybody knows: The more Islam grows in the Netherlands, the more anti-Semitism grows.”

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EDL rally: Bishop Tony Robinson condemns English Defence League for stirring up divisions in Kirklees

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A bishop has condemned the English Defence League for trying to divide communities in Kirklees. Bishop of Pontefract the Rt Rev Tony Robinson spoke out ahead of an EDL rally and counter demonstration in Batley tomorrow.

Up to 700 police officers from West Yorkshire and beyond are on standby as hundreds of EDL supporters descend on the town. The counter demonstration – called We are Batley – will be held at the same time, organised by Kirklees Unite Against Fascism and Huddersfield TUC.

In a statement Bishop Robinson, also interim Bishop of Huddersfield, said: “I condemn the action of all who seek to divide and sow the seeds of distrust between our communities. In particular we deplore, in the strongest terms, the activities of the English Defence League, directed against our Muslim brothers and sisters.

“I fully endorse the words spoken by Her Majesty the Queen: ‘Religions can never become vehicles of hatred, that never by invoking the name of God can evil and violence be justified. Today, in this country, we stand united in that conviction. We hold that freedom to worship is at the core of our tolerant and democratic society.’”

As many as 600 EDL supporters could turn up in Batley Market Place for a rally at 2pm. Kirklees police commander Chief Supt Tim Kingsman has already warned that his officers will deal with any disorder firmly.

The EDL, which held similar rallies in Dewsbury in 2011 and 2012, says it is protesting against the growing influence of Islam in the town and English people being treated as “second class citizens.”

The catalyst for the rally was said to be the opening of the Al Hashim Academy, a Muslim educational establishment, at the former Batley Art College building in Cambridge Street, Batley. According to its website, the academy aims to “prevent youth from terror and community vices.”

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