9/11 Anniversary – EDL & Extremist Muslims: On Saturday eleventh September 2010 the acute proper English Defence League marched to the Grosvenor Sq. memorial to pay their respects to these killed within the 9/11 terrorist assaults, then stopped briefly on the American Embassy earlier than happening to protest on the Saudi Embassy. Later Anjem Choudary and Muslims In opposition to the Crusades got here to carry a protest exterior the US Embassy and the EDL returned to protest in opposition to them.
Round 150 EDL supporters met exterior a pub near Bond Road station to march to the 9/11 memorial in Grosvenor Sq. and posed there for photographers.
In addition to the standard EDL St George’s flags there have been additionally others on show, together with one man with each Israeli and Portuguese flags and a Dutch Flag with the identify of far-right Islamophobic Dutch politician Geert Wilders. He had been banned from visiting the UK in 2009, however the ban had been overturned on enchantment.
One man proudly instructed the press that he had put a pigs head on a mosque, and later confirmed us his tattoos.
One other flag mixed the US Flag and the Union Jack, with the message ‘By no means Neglect & By no means Give up‘ and a few ladies carried wreaths which had been laid on the memorial in Grosvenor Sq. with a two-minute silence earlier than the marchers moved on for extra images on the US Embassy.
The EDL the marched to the Saudi Embassy to indicate their emotions in the direction of a rustic that’s extensively seen to have supported Muslim extremists and terrorist teams, together with these concerned in 9/11.
Right here they burnt a lot of black A4 sheets with white Islamic textual content which apparently included the identify of Allah. There have been additionally a lot of clearly Islamophobic chants, together with a blasphemous declaration of paedophilia.
I returned to the US Embassy the place Anjem Choudary had arrived to protest with round 100 extremist Muslims from Muslims In opposition to Crusades.
They’d referred to as for the day to be made ‘Worldwide Burn The American Flag Day‘ after Florida pastor Terry Jones had threatened to burn a duplicate of the Qur’an on the anniversary. The regard the US flag as a logo of unbelief and of warfare – army, ideological, social and financial – in opposition to the Muslim faith.
As I wrote:
“Muslims In opposition to the Crusades (MAC) is extensively seen as a successor to Islam4UK, banned in January 2010 and itself regarded, together with Ahl ul-Sunnah Wa al-Jamma (ASWJ) as a thinly veiled reincarnation of the beforehand banned al-Muhajiroun. Anjem Choudary, a UK born former solicitor was certainly one of this organisation’s founders, and a pacesetter of Islam4UK, ASWJ and MAC.”
The group, described by the Muslim Council of Britain as “a tiny, and totally deplorable, extremist group” was lastly banned within the UK in 2011. I nonetheless surprise why they had been allowed to proceed for thus lengthy.
The US flag that they had introduced proved to be pretty fireproof, though some paper copies and footage of Pastor Jones burnt extra freely, and with copious portions of lighter fluid it did finally soften and burn. I used to be within the entrance row of the massive group of press surrounding the burning and acquired uncomfortably heat, although luckily the wind was blowing the poisonous smoke away from me.
Police had earlier led the EDL away in the direction of Inexperienced Park Station, however some had managed to return to the US Embassy to protest in opposition to the extremist Muslims. At first they protested from behind the hedge to the Grosvenor Sq. Gardens and police cleared the world after a beer can was thrown into the centre of the MAC protest – luckily nobody was injured.
Police moved the EDL to a pen at a secure distance from the extremist Muslims and so they continued their protest, shouting insults. The ambiance was far more indignant than within the morning, and at instances there have been threats made in opposition to the press in addition to the MAC.
Police managed, with the help of some EDL stewards to maintain the 2 teams aside, though I believe there have been some arrests. Once I left an hour or so after the flag burning, police appeared very a lot in management, holding the EDL again whereas the MAC protest was persevering with.
Extra on My London Diary:
EDL Bear in mind 9/11
Muslims In opposition to Crusades Burn US Flag
EDL Protest In opposition to MAC
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