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British Freedom Party appoint new regional coordinator

Islamophobia Watch alerts us to a new development in the far right British Freedom Party – it has appointed a English Defence League activist as its South West regional coordinator. From IW: “Earlier this week the English Defence League’s political wing, the British Freedom party,...

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‘Oslo-style’ threat EDL supporter in court

A local paper, the Shields Gazette has reported on the trial of an EDL supporter who posted a comment threatening Muslims with violence ‘Oslo-style’ on Facebook. Kenneth Holden pleaded guilty to two charges of ‘sending an offensive message by a public communication network’. From the local...

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ECHR opens door for extradition of Babar Ahmad to the US

BBC News, the Guardian, Independent, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Daily Express, Daily Star and Sun have all reported on the outcome of a lengthy legal battle involving five men, including Babar Ahmad, Syed Talha Ahsan and Abu Hamza, fighting extradition to the US to stand trial on terrorism...

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Jack Straw on veil: “I’m glad that I raised the issue”

The Daily Mail has been running a series of extracts from the political memoirs of MP for Blackburn and Darwen and former Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw. In the final extract ahead of the book’s release tomorrow, Straw recounts his decision to publicly raise the issue of face veiling in 2006, when...

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Obama condemns "crude and disgusting" anti-Islam video

The Guardian has reported on US President Barack Obama’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly, made yesterday, in which he condemned the viral anti-Islam Youtube video ‘Innocence of Muslims’, and condemned the sometimes violent anti-American protests which the video sparked. From the...

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Waltham Forest Council campaigning to ban second EDL march

The Waltham Forest Guardian reported last Friday that the leader of the council, Chris Robbins, has written to the Home Secretary seeking a ban on an English Defence League march planned for October 27th. The paper, which has joined the campaign Waltham Forest – United. Strong.   Together, notes...

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US marines to face trial for urinating on Afghan corpses

The BBC and the Guardian today both report that two US marines who were involved in a video showing them urinating on Taliban corpses in Afghanistan, will face trial in a military court. From the BBC: “Two US Marines have been referred for trial by courts martial for a video of troops urinating...

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Labour criticises secret courts proposals

The Guardian on Saturday reported on the criticism leveled by the Labour Party at the government’s proposals to extend the mandate of secret trials to civil courts. In a letter to the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, the shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan described the coalition’s...

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