Anti-Islam colloquium faces protests in Paris

December 18, 2010 Approximately 200 left-wing protesters gathered near the Espace Charenton in Paris to protest the anti-Islam colloquium organized recently in Paris (See this article). The protesters include members from SOS Racisme and a number of other anti-discrimination groups.

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Muslims clash with police after burning poppy in anti-Armistice Day protest

11 November 2010 Muslims clashed with police after burning a large poppy in protest at Britain’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan which was timed to coincide with Armistice Day’s two-minute silence. About 35 Islamic protesters, dressed in dark clothes and with many masking their faces, carried banners and chanted slogans such as “British soldiers: terrorists”….

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Muslim protesters burn poppies in London

12 November 2010 As the clock struck 11:00 and people stood for Armistice Day’s two minutes of silence, Islamic protesters in London burned a model of a poppy, and shouted out messages such as “British soldiers burn in hell.” The poppy is a symbol commemorating fallen British soldiers of the First World war and all…

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“As Americans were are not—and never will be—at war with Islam”

Nine years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11; thousands packed the makeshift plaza alongside a construction site sprouting cranes and American flags on a crystal-clear morning for memorial and prayers services for the deceased. The names of the 3,000 victims were read while bells tolled at 8:46, the precise moment at which the first plane…

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Right-wing group clashes with Muslims in Luton

Scores of police had to break up clashes between members of the right-wing English Defence League (EDL) and Muslims in Luton town centre. Trouble flared after Kevin Carroll, 41, lost at appeal at Luton Crown Court to overturn a conviction for using threatening behaviour at an earlier demonstration. Up to 80 officers had to keep…

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