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Five Arrested Over Stirring Racial Hatred Online

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 19.04.2012 | UK

Police have arrested five men believed to belong to an EDL splinter group on suspicion of publishing information that may "stir up racial hatred". ...

David Starkey: Salmond Is A 'Caledonian Hitler'

The Huffington Post UK | Asa Bennett | Posted 19.04.2012 | UK Politics

Historian Dr David Starkey has compared Scottish first minister Alex Salmond to Nazi German leader Adolf Hitler. "If you think about it, Alex Salmo...

Breivik Refuses To Answer Questions About London 'Knights Templar'

Posted 18.04.2012 | UK

Anders Breivik has refused to give details about his visit to London 10 years ago, during which he claimed an anti-Islamic organisation called the Kni...

'People Who Call Me Evil Have Misunderstood'

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 17.04.2012 | UK

Anders Breivik said he "would do it all again because he was motivated by goodness, not evil" as he read out a statement explaining why he massacred 7...

EDL Leader Inadvertently Starts Comedy Twitter Tag

The Huffington Post UK | Paul Vale | Posted 16.04.2012 | UK

An attempt to whip up anti-Islamic sentiment by the leader of the English Defence League spectacularly backfired on Twitter on Monday. On Sunday n...

Violence At EDL Rally After Clashes With Far-Left Anti-Racism Demonstration

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 31.03.2012 | UK

Violence broke out at an anti-Islamic rally in Aarhus, Denmark after far left groups clashed with the rally's far right group organisers, the English ...

Proud and Prejudiced - A Critique

Assed Baig | Posted 29.04.2012 | UK Entertainment
Assed Baig

'Proud and Prejudiced' was a documentary (aired on Channel 4) that seemed to be about two extremist groups: the English Defence League (EDL) and Al Ma...

Proud and Prejudiced: The Jihadist and the Hooligan

Marc Hawker | Posted 27.04.2012 | UK Entertainment
Marc Hawker

I've just fallen in love with England again. I never thought it would happen, but after filming two dangerous and notorious men from Luton over the past year, I'm glad I live here. The two men are Tommy Robinson - the founder and leader of the English Defence League - and Sayful Islam - leader of a group of fundamentalist Muslims. Both are Luton born and bred. Tommy is the manager of a local tanning shop; Sayful was a tax inspector before he gave it up to bring Islam to the streets of Britain.

Is Britain a Christian Nation?

Luke Bretherton | Posted 04.03.2012 | UK Politics
Luke Bretherton

David Cameron's statement that Britain is a Christian country is both brave and wrong. He was of course right to say that many of our morals today come from the Bible, but does that make Britain a Christian country?

The Black English

Roifield Brown | Posted 13.02.2012 | UK
Roifield Brown

What does X factor, the SNP and this summer's riots have in common? It's that they force the English to look at themselves and to point to a new English identity that is not in any part British.

Pride and Prejudice: Negotiating Identity in Britain

Eleanor Kelly | Posted 04.12.2011 | UK Politics
Eleanor Kelly

It's been a busy year for identity politics in Britain. Most recently, millions have watched the woman of My Tram Experience express her opinion on who is and isn't British in the UK today.

In a Democracy, Protesters Should be Free to Burn Poppies

Patrick Hayes | Posted 11.01.2012 | UK Politics
Patrick Hayes

Do I support the Muslims Against Crusades (MAC) planned 'surprise' intended to disrupt the two minute silence on Armistice Day? No. Do I support their burning of poppies while chanting "British soldiers burn in hell"? No.

English Defence League Supporters Arrested In Whitehall On Remembrance Day

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 11.01.2012 | UK

More than 170 people believed to be EDL supporters have been arrested in Westminster to prevent a "breach of peace" on remembrance day, the metropolit...

If EDL Supporters Don't Have Free Speech, None of us do

Patrick Hayes | Posted 07.01.2012 | UK Politics
Patrick Hayes

I find it really striking that the joint attempt by police and the Crown Prosecution Service to slap an Anti Social Behaviour Order (ASBO) on English Defence League leader Stephen Lennon, which would effectively have prevented him from protesting with the group he founded, seems not to have aroused the concerns of liberals and civil liberties campaigners. Even those usually quick to man the barricades when similar attacks on people's freedoms take place.

EDL Chief Sentenced

PA | Posted 02.01.2012 | UK Politics

A bid to prevent the leader of the English Defence League (EDL) from organising or attending rallies outside his home borough has been rejected. Th...

Threat From Far Right Extremists 'Rising Around Europe'

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 01.01.2012 | UK Politics

European countries including Britain face a severe and rising threat from far-right extremists, who are increasingly inclined towards violence, MPs ha...

The EDL's Attacks are Causing Serious Harm to British Communities

Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens | Posted 26.12.2011 | UK Politics
Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens

The EDL must realise that their scatter-gun approach to radical Islam and the street tactics they use to show their anger are doing serious harm to communal relations in Britain. They are poisoning the minds of angry young men.

Are we returning to the political extremism of 1930s Europe?

Tom J Wilson | Posted 14.11.2011 | UK Politics
Tom J Wilson

Over the weekend I paid a visit to my native Suffolk and called in on some relatives while I was there. My great uncle, a man now going into his 90s,...

10th Anniversary of 9/11: Counting the Cost of Political Opportunism

Muhammad Abdul Bari | Posted 08.11.2011 | UK
Muhammad Abdul Bari

Some are now beginning to accept that the treatment of Muslims has indeed been embarrassing. A sense of objectivity and balance seems to be gradually returning.

The EDL Did Not Pass, but Victory Came at a Cost

Steven Maclean | Posted 04.11.2011 | UK Politics
Steven Maclean

However, despite what seems like an overwhelming victory for anti-fascism on the face of things, I can't help feeling a little stood-up. This was no victory for 'people power', as in effect, the 'power' of the people to voice opposition to the far-right's ideology was as curtailed by the blanket ban as much as the EDL's.

Muslim Homophobia and Support at Anti-EDL Demo

Peter G Tatchell | Posted 05.11.2011 | UK Politics
Peter G Tatchell

Like many other people, I went to last Saturday's protest in East London first and foremost to oppose the far right English Defence League and to defend the Muslim community against EDL thuggery.

EDL Leader Arrested For Bail Breach

PA | Posted 05.11.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- The leader of the far-right English Defence League (EDL) has been arrested for breaching his bail. Stephen Lennon, 28, was ...

I Marched With the English Defence League (but not in Tower Hamlets)

Julian Kossoff | Posted 04.11.2011 | UK
Julian Kossoff

To the English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson and all the lads and lasses who came to London to make anti-Muslim mayhem on Saturday, it is my duty to inform that you never put a foot in Tower Hamlets - the borough with the highest percentage of Muslims in Britain.

EDL Descend On Tower Hamlets

Dr Robert Lambert | Posted 03.11.2011 | UK Politics
Dr Robert Lambert

Even though Tower Hamlets is just a short tube or bus ride from Westminster it is disappointing that no members of the government bothered to stand shoulder to shoulder with their local neighbours in the face of threats and intimidation from the English Defence League on Saturday.

Sixteen Arrested As EDL Clash With Police

PA | Posted 03.11.2011 | UK

PRESS ASSOCIATION - Sixteen people were arrested after far-right demonstrators clashed with police as they protested in east London. Scuffles broke...