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Home | Friday 8th May 2009 | Issue 675

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IN BEDS WITH THE ENEMY

An anti-fascist meeting was banned at Luton University on Friday 1st by Bedfordshire police. After a military parade for returning service personnel and attempted BNP rally (see SchNEWS 670 and 671), local students were to meet with the local MP and trade unionists. Police banned the meeting on the grounds of public order.

Also, the local Luton Islamic Centre was hit with an arson attack this week (5th), causing considerable damage, although no one was injured. Farasat Latif, secretary of the Centre believes that far-right extremists who had been sending written death threats to the mosque are responsible. Islamic Human Rights Commission chair Massoud Shadjareh said “The blame for this attack does not lie solely on the shoulders of the criminals who committed this act but also on those politicians and media personnel who legitimise Islamophobia under the cover of fighting terrorism and promoting cohesion”.

See also www.uaf.org.uk

Keywords: anti-fascists, arson, bnp, islamophobia, luton


 

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