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A Leeds report: stand-off between EDL and UAF

By Guest | Published: November 4, 2009

This a cross-post of an article from Pickled Politics by The Common Humanist

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The 31st of October was an un-seasonally warm day in Leeds and things, as they say, were afoot. The English Defence League, or EDL, was to hold a rally in City Square, near the train station in Leeds, at 1pm. On the nearby Headrow, outside the City Library, Unite Against Fascism (UAF) a counter demo would be held. So I thought it was time to investigate both these demos and this is what I found.

What are my concerns here? Well, I believe in freedom to protest and freedom of speech but I am worried about violence: elements in the EDL have form on this but I hope West Yorkshires Finest can act as a deterrent.

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Stuck In The Middle With You

By Effendi | Published: September 19, 2009

Sheikh Andy (Anjem) Choudary, the self-parodying “emir” of Islam4UK, the latest renaming of Al-Muhajiroun (or Al-Macaroon as we prefer to call them here at the Spittoon), has released a video in which he attacks the critics of the English Defence League!

If ever proof were needed of the phenomenon of one set of extremist nutters requiring the existence of other set of extremist nutters to validate its own existence, it is this video statement from Sheikh Andy, in which he takes full credit for the creation of the EDL, which he says was caused by the provocation by “sincere Muslims” in Luton and Birmingham:

“The EDL and Casuals United who rose solely against the Extremist Muslims, erm Muslims, have a right to object to what we are calling for and engage in public dialogue wand discussion. But we should not allow those people, like the UAF and the Socialists and the Respect Party and the Labour Party to hijack this agenda for their own personal and selfish aims which have nothing to at to do with Islam”

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