Sunday, 31 July 2011

Extremists march through Waltham Forest

MUSLIM extremists calling for democracy to be replaced by Shariah law marched through the borough today.

Around 50 members of Muslims Against Crusades (MAC) and Waltham Forest Muslims (WFM) marched for two hours from Leyton Tube station to Walthamstow town square.

Protesters carrying black flags and loudspeakers set off from Leyton Tube station at 1.20pm.

They chanted slogans such as ‘democracy - hyprocrisy’, ‘Sharia for UK’ and ‘Secularism go to hell’.

There was a heavy police presence as the march made slow progress along the route, with traffic backed up behind it.

Police moved quickly to seperate march supporters from opponents outside the Goose pub in Walthamstow as the demonstration aproached the town square.

But the day passed without major incident.

Council leader Chris Robbins, who joined an earlier inter-faith event celebrating the diversity of the borough, condemned the protest.

He said: “These people have no place in our borough.

"Those nutters don’t represent our views at all and everyday people reject them.”

“The quicker they leave, the better.”

The Inter-faith Communities Forum walk visited religious sites around the borough to celebrate tolerance in Waltham Forest.

MAC has recently attempted to impose Sharia zones in the borough, by putting up posters saying alcohol, gambling, music and smoking are banned.

The council and police have co-ordinated a swift response, removing the posters and vowing to prosecute anyone illegally fly-posting.

MAC is led by radical cleric Anjem Choudary, of Colchester Road, Leyton, while WFM is headed by Abu Izzadeen, fomally known as Omar Brooks, of Brierley Road, Leytonstone.

Izzadeen, who was jailed in 2009 for inciting terrorism, today called on residents with financial difficulties to join Islam, which he said would provide everyone with a home.

“We are here to save you from yourselves,” he said.

Battle of Brick Lane

Curry workers brawl with drinkers in the battle of Brick Lane

Nadia Sam-Daliri and Mark Blunde

A Wild West-style brawl broke out in Brick Lane as curry house workers armed with rolling pins and brooms fought with drinkers in the street.

Diners fled as one of London's most famous restaurant districts was engulfed in the violence.

One man had his jaw broken and another suffered head injuries in a mêlée involving up to 30 people, allegedly including chefs and waiters.

CCTV footage showed men streaming out of restaurants just before midnight and a brawl breaking out. One man was seen having his head stamped on.

The fight went on for about 10 minutes as passers-by attempted to calm tempers before police arrived to break it up.

Paramedics treated six people at the scene, mostly for cuts and bruises. The injured were taken to hospital. Police later raided six restaurants in Brick Lane and arrested four men.

Today, a worker at one venue, Aladin said: "We're not gangsters, we're just normal people trying to earn a living. A lot of our guys were so shaken up and traumatised by what happened that they are too scared to come to work."

After the fighting on Wednesday last week, officers cordoned off the street under Operation Target, the Metropolitan police's drive against violent crime.

Detective Inspector Craig Robinson said: "People go to Brick Lane to socialise and it is famous - rightly so - for its great curry restaurants. People go there to have a good night out and they shouldn't have to witness or be involved in that level of violence."

Four men were arrested at the scene and another four, aged between 25 and 39, were detained a week later on suspicion of violent disorder and causing grievous bodily harm. All were bailed pending further inquiries.

Police will report to Tower Hamlets council on whether any of the restaurants may

Muslim preacher jailed for violent rape in London

A 26-year-old man who regularly gave talks at an east London mosque has been jailed for ten years after raping a woman.

Abdul Mukim Khalisadar, of Hampton Road, east London, forced his way into the victim's home in October 2005, punched her several times and raped her at knifepoint.

He was arrested by police a year later on a separate matter and a DNA sample linked him to the rape.

When first questioned he said the rape was consensual before saying he was at the East London Mosque on the night of the attack.

He later persuaded seven friends to give him a false alibi.

They were each jailed for 12 months at Snaresbrook crown court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

DCI Stuart Wratten from Tower Hamlets said: "Khalisadar attacked, raped and robbed a young woman to satisfy his desire and interest in sexual violence against women.

"At first he claimed the attack was consensual, then he denied being involved and hatched a plan to create a false alibi with the help of his co-conspirators. Once this plan was discovered by police and with the overwhelming evidence against him he only then decided to admit his guilt.

"His co-conspirators were content to go along with the plan, which if successful would have seen a violent rapist evade justice."

DCI Wratten added: "Evidence discovered during the investigation revealed Khalisadar had an interest in sexual violence against women.

"The case demonstrates the commitment of Tower Hamlets and the Metropolitan Police Service to the investigation of violent and sexual offences and anyone who has information about such offences is urged to contact us."

British media epic failure to destroy EDL over Norway gunman

The media’s attempts to destroy the EDL by associating and/or blaming it for the Norway tragedy is a failure of EPIC proportions

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All week the Times, Telegraph and various freelance Journo vultures have been running around the country and in other European countries, harrassing EDL member and foreign supporters in a desperate attempt to link the EDL to the Norway gunman.

All this has had people thinking that todays Sunday papers would have something in the way of evidence to justify all this time and money theyve put into investigating this.

This massive build up and today we look at the papers and far from being an explosion of damning evidence of links, its more of what can only be described as a giant WET FART.

They have rehashed previous articles, with no new evidence, a few lies such as “an EDL leader who didnt want to be named said…” (pffftt) and have listed their sources as Facebook, Twitter, Wilkepedia and Searchlight. The four most unreliable sources in the world, and an insult to journalism.

Searchlight is a far left organisation which claims to be an expert on the “far right”. Many left wingers and Anarchists will not touch it with a bargepole as the people behind Searchlight have for years been passing information on left and right wingers to MI5.

According to Searchlight on its “hope not hate” site, there are only two “hate groups” in the UK, the EDL and BNP. No mention of the many extremist groups in Northern Ireland, the Welsh Nationalists,nor the many Islamist hate groups such as MAC and Hizb ut Tahrir. Only white English people deserve the name “hate groups” given to them.

The site is filled with lies and contradictions. They ran a story recently saying “Searchlight has learned that Alan Lake is the person who came up with the name Defence Leagues”. Utter, utter bullshit. Everybody knows who invented the name and it wasnt Lake.

These people are making money for selling titbits of gossip they pick up from the internet, then they intermix it with some more lies and add their personal prejudice and anti British hatred into the mix and quote made up “sources”, like when they claimed a high ranking Loyalist Leader from Northern Ireland had said the EDL werent welcome, when they had actually been invited over for the parades. As if high ranking loyalists would be talking to Searchlight. Pfffffttt Its money for old rope. Literally.

Any journalist that uses Searchlight as a “source” seriously undermines the argument they are trying to make. They are liars and hate patriotism and will make up whatever suits them at the time, as long as it makes patriots look like racists. Id rather believe something I read on Twitter to be honest, thats how reliable they are as a source.
Searchlight’s Nick Lowles wants the EDL 1. Banned – thats a very Fascist thing to say, “lets ban people who’s views we dont like” and 2. He wants the EDL reclassified as a far right terrorist organisation – pfffftt NOT going to happen Nick my Communist friend, however much you would LIKE the EDL to be classified as “terrorist”, it never will be. Nor will it ever be banned. Sorry about that.

One of the sensational headlines today is that Brevik bought some of the supplies he used to make the bombs on Ebay from British and American sellers. SHOCK SHOCK HORROR. They even flew a reporter to America to get a guy to confirm he sold a paper chemical suit to him. This is crap journalism.

I look forward to more newspapers being found out as the hacking and blagging scandal gets worse. Journalism has gone down the pan and everyone can see it.

Dont buy newspapers. Read your news online or read it in the supermarket and leave it there. Refuse to bankroll the enemies on Britain.

Rick Deeside Casuals

Pile of shite from the Times

Although the Norwegian authorities believe Breivik acted alone, his links to the far right are manifold and Britain appears to be a hub

Kevin Dowling and Richard Kerbaj Published: 31 July 2011

'Knights Templar', Paul Ray from Dunstable next to St. Paul's church in Rabat, Malta (Peter Nicholls)

Paul Ray thinks he may have inspired Breivik (Peter Nicholls)

A few months before Anders Behring Breivik embarked on his massacre, he was chatting away online to far-right sympathisers in Britain.

“To all you good English men and women, just wanted to say that you’re a blessing to all in Europe,” he wrote. “In these dark times all of Europe are looking to you in surch [sic] of inspiration, courage and even hope that we might turn this evil trend with Islamisation all across our continent.”

Posting under the alias “Sigurd” on a forum run by the English Defence League (EDL), Breivik added: “Just wanted to say keep up the good work.”

Although the Norwegian authorities believe Breivik acted alone, his links to the far right are manifold and Britain appears to be a crucial hub.

The Sunday Times has established that until a few weeks ago, he was a member of the Norwegian Defence League (NDL), an EDL offshoot that rails against the encroachment of Islam and has had neo-Nazi criminals among its followers.

“He was a member for a while, but I kicked him out because he had extremist views,” said Lena Andreassen, the former head of the NDL.

Andreassen revealed that the NDL was set up after an anti-Muslim protest by the EDL in Newcastle upon Tyne last year and is in effect controlled from these shores. One key EDL figure who has helped to run the NDL’s Facebook page, according to Searchlight, the anti-fascist magazine, is Jeff Marsh, a football hooligan who was jailed for two years for stabbing rival fans.

Despite the EDL leadership claiming it has had no “official” contact with Breivik, Chris Redmond, the group’s European co-ordinator, admitted the mass murderer had been an NDL member.

Breivik claims in the manifesto he posted online that he had more than 600 EDL “friends” on Facebook and had spoken to “tens” of EDL members and leaders.

Scotland Yard is checking whether he came to Britain to take part in EDL protests — most of which have degenerated into violent clashes with Muslims and anti-fascists.

In his manifesto, Breivik also says he was inducted into a new order of Knights Templar in London in 2002 and was mentored by an Englishman called “Richard (the Lionhearted)”.

Last week Paul Ray, a former EDL activist, admitted he might have inspired Breivik. Ray, who runs a blog called Lionheart, is a Christian fundamentalist who claims to belong to a group called the Ancient Order of Knights Templar.

His friends include a former neo-Nazi convict called “Mad” Nick Greger and Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair, the former loyalist paramilitary leader in Northern Ireland.

Ray last week condemned Breivik’s actions as “pure evil” and said: “I’m not sure if he ever contacted me.”

Ray believes Breivik could have drawn inspiration from his postings and use of crusader iconography, and knowingly “stitched me up”.

Meanwhile, Stephen Lennon, the EDL chief who last week was convicted of leading a football brawl a year ago, said his organisation was against “all violence and extremism”. But in a BBC Newsnight interview last Monday, he also warned that suppressing his members’ views could lead to a similar atrocity in Britain in “five to 10 years”.

Saturday, 30 July 2011

Choudrey's march today from Leyton

Official policy is to stay back and let them march, as there will be trouble today between them and the police and we want no part. Its been agreed to allow them to kick off without us being there to be conveniently blamed.

Some Essex/London Casuals however have insisted they will counter it, and its a free country and we cant tell anyone what to do if they dont want to take our advice. Therefore its up to you if you want to go or not. If you do want to go speak to the Essex RO.

NSE

Pete Slough Casuals

Sharia Courts scupper enquiry

Probe into secretive Sharia law courts scrapped as Muslim leaders close ranks

By STEVE DOUGHTY and NEIL SEARS

Last updated at 10:46 PM on 29th July 2011

Strict: Posters east London warn passers-by that they are entering a zone where Islamic rules are 'enforced'

Ministers have abandoned an inquiry into the rise of secretive Sharia councils that deal in Islamic justice – because the Muslim courts refused to help.

The failure of the Ministry of Justice probe has generated new fears among politicians and pressure groups about the increasing influence of Sharia courts.

They are worried the courts' decisions may run against the law of the land, particularly in divorce settlements for women.

The scrapping of the inquiry comes in a week when Islamic extremists have launched a campaign to declare 'Sharia-controlled zones' across Britain.

Hate preacher Anjem Choudary has claimed responsibility for the scheme, which has so far seen posters put on lampposts in several London boroughs declaring that within the 'zones' there should be 'no gambling', 'no music or concerts', 'no porn or prostitution', 'no drugs or smoking' and 'no alcohol'.

The Daily Mail has previously published photographs of Choudary in his student days breaking all but one of the zone laws – holding a cannabis joint, downing a pint of cider, playing cards and leering at porn.

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But the abandonment of the Government's Sharia inquiry has fuelled fears that such radicals will be able to continue their intimidating activities unchecked.

The Ministry of Justice had launched an inquiry into the operation of Sharia courts in Britain because of rising fears that the secretive system has undue influence.

The number of Sharia courts here is unknown, although an estimate of 85 made by the Civitas think-tank in 2009 is widely accepted.

Seizing control: Activist Jamaal Uddin puts up one of the Sharia stickers in Leyton, in the East London borough of Waltham Forest

The failure of the Government's investigation was disclosed to MPs by Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly.

He told Tory backbencher Kris Hopkins that before last year's general election his department acted to 'commission an exploratory study of Sharia councils in England with respect to family law'.

Mr Djanogly said: 'This identified a number of challenges to undertaking robust research in this area. The study was therefore limited and adds little to the evidence base.

'The findings cannot be regarded as a representative assessment of the operation of Sharia councils. Following expert peer review of the draft report, the Ministry of Justice decided not to publish the findings.'

A further statement to the Mail made it clear the 'challenges' researchers experienced boiled down to the Sharia courts failing to co-operate.

Hate preacher: Anjem Choudary, a British-born convert to Islam and the former leader of the extremist organisation Islam4UK

The Ministry of Justice said: 'The report was essentially an exploratory study which identified a number of challenges to undertaking more robust research.

'The challenges to undertaking more robust research were that the councils are generally run on a volunteer basis, were short staffed and very busy, so there were practical difficulties in speaking with respondents.

'There was also reluctance to discuss the private work of the councils and respondents were wary of the stereotypical ways in which their organisations were represented in the media.'

Sharia law is also under scrutiny in the Lords, where the independent peer Baroness Cox has tabled a Bill seeking to make it a crime for anyone to take over the rights of the state's criminal or family courts.

How true is this? Facebook a den of muppets

Facebook and Twitter are creating a vain generation of self-obsessed people with child-like need for feedback, warns top scientist

By SARAH HARRIS

Last updated at 8:11 AM on 30th July 2011

Facebook and Twitter have created a generation obsessed with themselves, who have short attention spans and a childlike desire for constant feedback on their lives, a top scientist believes.

Repeated exposure to social networking sites leaves users with an 'identity crisis', wanting attention in the manner of a toddler saying: 'Look at me, Mummy, I've done this.'

Baroness Greenfield, professor of pharmacology at Oxford University, believes the growth of internet 'friendships' – as well as greater use of computer games – could effectively 'rewire' the brain.

Vain generation: A top Oxford scientist has warned that repeated exposure to social networking websites could harm users. (Picture posed by model)

This can result in reduced concentration, a need for instant gratification and poor non-verbal skills, such as the ability to make eye contact during conversations.

More than 750million people across the world use Facebook to share photographs and videos and post regular updates of their movements and thoughts.

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Millions have also signed up to Twitter, the 'micro-blogging' service that lets members circulate short text and picture messages about themselves.

Baroness Greenfield, former director of research body the Royal Institution, said: 'What concerns me is the banality of so much that goes out on Twitter.

'Why should someone be interested in what someone else has had for breakfast? It reminds me of a small child (saying): “Look at me Mummy, I'm doing this”, “Look at me Mummy I'm doing that”.

'It's almost as if they're in some kind of identity crisis. In a sense it's keeping the brain in a sort of time warp.'

A twitter message from Stephen Fry

The academic suggested that some Facebook users feel the need to become 'mini celebrities' who are watched and admired by others on a daily basis.

They do things that are 'Facebook worthy' because the only way they can define themselves is by 'people knowing about them'.

'It's almost as if people are living in a world that's not a real world, but a world where what counts is what people think of you or (if they) can click on you,' she said.

'Think of the implications for society if people worry more about what other people think about them than what they think about themselves.'

Her views were echoed by Sue Palmer, a literacy expert and author, who said girls in particular believe they are a 'commodity they must sell to other people' on Facebook.

She said: 'People used to have a portrait painted but now we can more or less design our own picture online. It's like being the star of your own reality TV show that you create and put out to the world.'

Sunday, 31 July 2011

Curry workers brawl with drinkers in the battle of Brick Lane

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