Islamaphobia In Europe

Islamaphobia is gaining in England. The focus is a group called the EDL, the English Defence (sic) League. It sounds right wing with the tougher elements of the community banding together and instead of focusing on football, its Muslims.

Check out the link, there is an interesting photo essay accompanying the article.

Al Jazeera: Is a storm brewing in Europe?

...notorious gangs such as Cardiff City's Soul Crew, Bolton Wanderers' Cuckoo Boys and Luton Town's Men In Gear: a remarkable gathering given that on a match day these men would be fighting each other. But today they are not here for football; it is politics that has drawn them. Their destination is Manchester to support a protest by the newly formed English Defence League.


But although the league publicly espouses peaceful protest, there is growing concern over its secrecy and quasi-paramilitary appearance - as well as some of its membership. According to the international anti-fascist magazine Searchlight, far-right British National Party activists and other fascist extremists are at the core of the league.

His aim, he says, is to unite the "thinkers" and those prepared to take to the streets. He describes this marriage as "the perfect storm coming together," adding that street violence is not desirable but perhaps inevitable.