London’s Culture War: Inside the Conflict Between Far-Right EDL and Pro-Islamic Radicals

"ABC’s Lama Hasan, who is a British Muslim, spent time with both Robinson and the Sharia Patrol in London, to get to the heart of conflict between the warring sides..."  (article/video below)

My response to seeing this report:

This is not about racism, it is about understanding the impact of intolerant sects embedded in a free society. Please do not let your Political Correctness stop you from seeing this revealing ABC Nightline report from last night.

ABC Journalist Lama Hasan interviews both English Defense League leader “Tommy Robinson” and Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary, who started Sharia Patrols that accost, harass and threaten British citizens they believe to be gay or immodestly dressed, in their own country. They hope to impose Sharia Law worldwide, including the USA! Please LISTEN CAREFULLY to what the men are saying. Note that when introduced, Choudary refused to shake her hand, because she is a woman. And listen to what the Sharia Patrol leader says to her when he learns that she is also Muslim...chilling.

It was shocking and dismaying to see and hear that people are so willing to harm PEOPLE over IDEOLOGY. We are all HUMAN first. No wonder Disclosure eludes us..we can't even get along with each other. I think we need some large craft to appear in the skies over these hot spots. Shake people out of their self-righteousness.

Both sides need to chill out, but if one does not have a "live and let live" approach to life, what is the solution? I believe in a Supreme Being, one that is not intolerant, but rather, loving and allowing.  As John Smallman often reminds us, "God is love, only love. Anything else is illusion."

~PB
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<3 May all Beings Awaken <3
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Warning:  Potentially disturbing and violent images

London’s Culture War: Inside the Conflict Between Far-Right EDL and Pro-Islamic Radicals
By ABC News
Apr 16, 2014 4:37pm
By JACKIE JESKO and ALEX WATERFIELD

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/04/londons-culture-war-inside-the-conflict-between-far-right-edl-and-pro-islamic-radicals/

A notorious British protest movement called The English Defense League has declared war on radical Islam, a battle they are taking to the streets in rowdy, often violent protests.

Their founder, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, goes by the alias, “Tommy Robinson.” He claims that his group is not anti-Muslim, but several of his followers have been connected to hate attacks like mosque bombings.

Robinson said the gruesome murder of Lee Rigby was the “tipping point” that spurred the group to rise in prominence. Last May, two knife-wielding Muslim men savagely attacked and beheaded Rigby, a British soldier, on the streets of London in broad daylight, telling eyewitnesses the killing was “an eye for an eye … because Muslims are dying by British soldiers every day.”

“Nightline” met with an infamous Islamic preacher named Anjem Choudary and his group of young followers in the streets of London, where they were advocating for Sharia law. Choudary, whose extremist Muslim group was banned under Britain’s Terrorism Act, refused to condemn the killing of Rigby.

Several of Choudary’s followers take part in so-called “Sharia Patrols” in the streets of London. YouTube videos of these patrols surfaced online and immediately caused public outcry. They show young Muslims speaking out to enforce Sharia law on the streets — harassing a man they believe to be gay, ordering a man to stop drinking and telling a young woman she is dressed immodestly.

When “Nightline” went on a Sharia Patrol, the leader said that they wish for Sharia law to rule the world, and that Muslims should give up any other identity but their religion.

ABC’s Lama Hasan, who is a British Muslim, spent time with both Robinson and the Sharia Patrol in London, to get to the heart of conflict between the warring sides. She goes back to the neighborhood of Luton, which is not only Robinson’s hometown, but was also the launch point for the July 7, 2005 London suicide bombings, the worst terrorist attack in British history.

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Tags: Culture War, Freedom, Intolerance, Ideology, Islam, Politics, Race Relations, Religion, Sharia, Terrorism, Vigilantes, West, UK,