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Ten arrested over mosque protest
http://news.bbc.co.uk ^

Posted on 09/11/2009 2:45:34 PM PDT by marthemaria

Ten people have been arrested during a demonstration outside a mosque in north-west London where an anti-Islamic protest was planned. At least 1,000 people gathered outside Harrow Central Mosque as activists from Stop Islamification of Europe planned to demonstrate outside the mosque.

Unite Against Fascism were also present to "defend the mosque", they said. Bricks, bottles and firecrackers were thrown at police officers who were present in riot gear at the scene. Just after 2000 BST, police said there were a small number of people in the area. Mobile patrols were continuing in a bid to reassure residents. What played out on the streets of Harrow today is completely unacceptable to everyone hundreds of youths, some covering their faces with scarves, were in the area and there were skirmishes with police as some demonstrators broke a police cordon.

Pendry said police had to "intervene" to stop things from "escalating". "Officers came under attack from bricks and bottles and we had to deploy our staff in protective equipment a number of times.

"Police had to take fast-time action to stop events from getting even worse this afternoon, by intervening to prevent an imminent breach of the peace.

"What played out on the streets of Harrow today is completely unacceptable to everyone," she added. 'Saddened and dismayed'

Stop Islamification of Europe said they planned a "peaceful protest" against the building of a five-storey mosque next to the Harrow Central Mosque. But in a message on their website SIOE said the protest had been called off and organiser Stephen Gash had been arrested. The posting read: "If you are on your way to the demo, don't go, it's being called off right now. The anti-Islamic group had to call off the planned protest "The police can't handle the Muslim counter-demonstrators."

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1 posted on 09/11/2009 2:45:34 PM PDT by marthemaria
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To: marthemaria
Unite Against Fascism were also present to "defend the mosque"

Now, that's funny.

2 posted on 09/11/2009 2:51:29 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Proud FR Mobster)
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To: TADSLOS

Yeah, I did a double-take, as well.


3 posted on 09/11/2009 2:53:49 PM PDT by Madistan ((This space for rent))
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To: marthemaria

Sounds like Englanders are starting to fight back against the murderous thugs called muslims.


4 posted on 09/11/2009 2:54:24 PM PDT by calex59 (Hope for a new job counts for creating a job! The dimwits are truly insane.)
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To: TADSLOS

My reading of the article tells me that it was the Anti-Facism group that caused the trouble - funny though the article does not come right out and say it - Lefty English media are as cowardly as media anywhere else.

Mel


5 posted on 09/11/2009 2:57:31 PM PDT by melsec (A Proud Aussie)
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To: melsec

the Police said they were ‘saddned and dismayed”...

YOU EUROWEENIES are gonna be more than ‘dismayed’ when the Muzzies completely take over and behead you.


6 posted on 09/11/2009 3:02:51 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Pray for Israel! And Georgia ! And the Iranian people! and Honduras!)
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To: marthemaria
Too little. Too late. Too disarmed. Too bad.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

7 posted on 09/11/2009 3:05:21 PM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: melsec

Watched it on FNC this afternoon. The muzzies rushed the other group and all hell broke loose. Some of the Brits are pushing back and it’s way past time they did.


8 posted on 09/11/2009 3:07:15 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Proud FR Mobster)
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It is too late for the UK. Half the population has been infected with political correctness through relentless propaganda by the schools, the BBC, the failed churches, the political elites. It is much worse than here. There is no talk radio, no alternative voices in the public square. ONETHINK. With no alternative voices and with laws that limit free speech—you can be jailed merely for pointing out the obvious high correlation between Islam and intolerance and violence—PC has been internalized.
Forty percent of the population has not bought into the self-loathing preached in the schools and broader culture, but is intimidated by threats of Muslim violence. The ten percent neither indoctrinated nor intimidated is not enough to save the country. Ironically its opposition to Islamic fascism will cause resisters to be marginalized and persecuted as as “fascist. The UK, morally decadent, Godless, infected by moral relativism, crippled by post-colonial self-loathing, is incapable of confronting a confident, swaggering Islam. Once a great people, they are finished. Best not to count on them.
10 posted on 09/11/2009 3:28:11 PM PDT by Godwin1
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To: TADSLOS

ROTFLMAO ~ there’s no way a Moslem can be “anti-fascist”. Islam itself is fascist in concept and scope. A good Moslem is, of course, a good little fascist.


11 posted on 09/11/2009 3:54:37 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: marthemaria

“What played out on the streets of Harrow today is completely unacceptable to everyone,” she added. ‘Saddened and dismayed’


Saddened and dismayed?????? They’ve allowed this to happen and continue to preach accommodation and appeasement of a people dedicated to bring down their civilized society. What is the hell do they expect?????? I think the Brits have dug their own grave. How on earth can they be dismayed when this whole fascist movement has been brewing for decades, getting worse with each passing moment?


12 posted on 09/11/2009 3:57:59 PM PDT by Joan Kerrey
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To: calex59

**Sounds like Englanders are starting to fight back against the murderous thugs called muslims.**


Not to worry, the British government will arrest and imprison them for their hubris.


13 posted on 09/11/2009 4:34:01 PM PDT by DesertConservative
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To: TADSLOS

It’s funny how you have to read between the lines to try and ascertain the truth - journalism used to be about telling the whole truth - please or offend.

Mel


14 posted on 09/12/2009 2:12:49 AM PDT by melsec (A Proud Aussie)
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