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Report from the EDL Demo in Luton today

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

I attended the English Defence League march and demonstration today in Luton (as I also did last year) and posted a number of live tweets from there. The demo began with the EDL supporters gathering in Park Street. I was … Continue reading →

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EDL cartoon

Posted on February 16, 2011 by

I got sent a link to the above cartoon by a contact on Twitter and thought it was worth sharing. The cartoon is by Carlos Latuff.

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Richard Desmond’s Daily Star champions the EDL

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

Roy Greenslade, Professor of Journalism at City University, writes a must read media blog for the Guardian.   Today, Greenslade takes a look at how Richard Desmond’s paper the Daily Star has been busy legitimising the viciously anti-Islamic group, the … Continue reading →

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Tweeting today from the EDL demo in Luton

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

I will be going along to Luton town centre later today to observe the demo by the openly anti-Islamic English Defence League and the counter demo by Unite Against Fascism. You can follow me on Twitter @inayatb . I will … Continue reading →

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On Twitter at last…

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

  I finally got round to setting up my Twitter account yesterday and can now be found @inayatb . The openly anti-Islam English Defence League are demonstrating in Luton tomorrow in what Newsnight said will be their biggest rally yet. Btw, … Continue reading →

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Unite Against Fascism urge counter-demo to EDL in Luton

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

  Further to my previous post about our local Imam urging the jumu’ah (Friday prayer) congregation to avoid Luton town centre on Saturday 5th Feb when the English Defence League bigots will be holding a rally, the anti-racist group, Unite Against … Continue reading →

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EDL supporters demonstrate outside Blackburn’s ‘Halal’ KFC

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

Just days after the Mail on Sunday’s campaign – which I blogged about here – to incite mischief over the sale of ‘halal’ meat in an increasing number of mainstream outlets, supporters of the English Defence League have now begun … Continue reading →

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Al-Morons: Summary of news coverage

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

Well, the publicity hungry and work-shy idiots of ‘Muslims Against Crusades’ – the latest incarnation of the al-Morons outfit – have made it into the Daily Mirror, Evening Standard, The Sun, Daily Mail, the Press Association etc today. Their offensive antics including … Continue reading →

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Guardian investigation into EDL Islamophobes

Posted on May 29, 2010 by

  Today’s edition of the Guardian features a front page story investigating the rise of the English Defence League and its plans to cause mayhem in areas with significant Muslim populations such as Bradford and Tower Hamlets later this summer. … Continue reading →

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