More of the same in Birmingham, where another anti-Muslim protest (following the one in August) by the English Defence League has ended in disorder and violence. The Daily Mail website has the best collection of pictures – we see signs reading “More More Mosques” and “No 2 Islam”, and more bald red-faced men looking angry. There’s also a large Israeli flag in one picture – once again, vicarious identification with Israel in the Israeli-Arab conflict.
Meanwhile, after months of trying show that it has no links with the BNP (there has been some overlap of membership), the BNP has decided to return the favour, declaring the EDL to be a “proscribed organisation” which “brings nationalist and patriotic politics into disrepute”.
It appears that the protestors included the Emperor Palpatine…
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This might interest you; a writer for the National Review defends the EDL…
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=M2NkYTQ3OTViOTZiNzI1ZGNjMzJhNzViYjk5NDhkOTg=
It’s hard to reconcile “No More Mosques” with the NR’s claim that the EDL has nothing against Islam in general …
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