Extremism

Lithuanian neo-Nazi march celebrates Nazi collaborators
February 17, 2016 By FM

Lithuanian neo-Nazi march celebrates Nazi collaborators

Nationalists marched in Kaunas, a city east of Lithuania’s capitol of Vilnius, to celebrate alleged Nazi collaborators. Members of defendinghistory.com – a website dedicated to exposing extremism in Lithuania monitored the 16 February march. The Union of Nationalist Youth of Lithuania organised the march to fall on the anniversary of Lithuania’s declaration of independence in 1918. Under the banner “We Know Our Nation’s Heroes”were pictures of Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, Jonas Noreika, Povilas Plechavičius, Kazys Škirpa, Antanas Baltūsis-Žvejas, and Juozas Ambrazevičius-Brazaitis. Individuals accused of direct complicity in the Holocaust or fighting alongside Nazi forces. The Soviet Union invaded Lithuania in 1940. And within two months had annexed the country. A year later and Lithuania had absorbed Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi tyranny in Poland. This swelled Lithuania’s Jewish population to 250,000 (10 per cent of the population). Juozas Ambrazevičius-Brazaitis formed a provisional government after Nazi Germany had expelled the Soviets. Nazi Germany had banned the preferred choice of Kazys Skirpa from returning to Lithuania. It lasted for six weeks. Some accuse it of it complicity with the invading Nazi forces. Others would argue that it attempted in vein to restore statehood. The provisional government had welcomed the Nazi vision for a ‘new Europe’. [...]

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How Nazi Ideology is Associated in Minds with Being Against Other Races or People
February 14, 2016 By Tell Mama

How Nazi Ideology is Associated in Minds with Being Against Other Races or People

We received this report from a Muslim female who has had problems with anti-social behaviour from young teenagers in her street. The issue continues to build even though she has reported the incident to the police and with no action to date. We will no doubt, make contact with her local force and explain the

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Either Charge or Understand that Continued Stops & Interrogations Lose Trust Within Muslim Communities
February 8, 2016 By Tell Mama

Either Charge or Understand that Continued Stops & Interrogations Lose Trust Within Muslim Communities

We have made a point of not crossing over from anti-Muslim hate incidents and crimes into issues of counter-terrorism, though increasingly, members of the British Muslim community have been reporting incidents of stops at airports and ports of exit to us. Furthermore, there are cross-over points between what some British Muslims are feeling and their

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Either Charge or Understand that Continued Stops & Interrogations Lose Trust Within Muslim Communities
February 8, 2016 By Tell Mama

Either Charge or Understand that Continued Stops & Interrogations Lose Trust Within Muslim Communities

We have made a point of not crossing over from anti-Muslim hate incidents and crimes into issues of counter-terrorism, though increasingly, members of the British Muslim community have been reporting incidents of stops at airports and ports of exit to us. Furthermore, there are cross-over points between what some British Muslims are feeling and their

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Either Charge or Understand that Continued Stops & Interrogations Lose Trust Within Muslim Communities
February 8, 2016 By Tell Mama

Either Charge or Understand that Continued Stops & Interrogations Lose Trust Within Muslim Communities

We have made a point of not crossing over from anti-Muslim hate incidents and crimes into issues of counter-terrorism, though increasingly, members of the British Muslim community have been reporting incidents of stops at airports and ports of exit to us. Furthermore, there are cross-over points between what some British Muslims are feeling and their

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Either Charge or Understand that Continued Stops & Interrogations Lose Trust Within Muslim Communities
February 8, 2016 By Tell Mama

Either Charge or Understand that Continued Stops & Interrogations Lose Trust Within Muslim Communities

We have made a point of not crossing over from anti-Muslim hate incidents and crimes into issues of counter-terrorism, though increasingly, members of the British Muslim community have been reporting incidents of stops at airports and ports of exit to us. Furthermore, there are cross-over points between what some British Muslims are feeling and their

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Over-Reactions on Prevent Are Causing Fears Within Muslim Students
January 29, 2016 By Tell Mama

Over-Reactions on Prevent Are Causing Fears Within Muslim Students

Over the last few months, we have received a number of cases involving schools and where Muslim young people have been interviewed on the back of alleged comments that they have made within the school environment. A growing number of parents have reported into us that their children have been questioned on the back of

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Why hundreds of Somalis held a protest against al-Shabab
January 28, 2016 By FM

Why hundreds of Somalis held a protest against al-Shabab

Protesters gathered at a popular beach in Mogadishu to condemn al-Shabab. Less than a week ago, militants from the group had murdered twenty people at a restaurant in Lido beach. The demonstration attracted hundreds to the same beach in solidarity with the dead. Some used the hashtag #LiidoDemonstration to promote the protest. Hundreds of Somalis have gathered at the scene of an attack on a local beach Liido to demonstrate against #AlShabaab pic.twitter.com/pAcmBln6Tz — Farhan Jimale (@farhanjimale) January 28, 2016 #LiidoDemonstration in support of victims that lost their lives in #Alshabab attack last week. pic.twitter.com/jo0TrkjjkV — Omar H. Ibrahim (@MrOmarHaji) January 28, 2016 Others joined the conversation to highlight broad disdain for Al-Shabab inside Somalia. And praise those attending the protest. Others chanted that al-Shabab has ‘no religion’. #LiidoDemonstration = act of bravery from people daring to defy & differ from terrorists trying to hold their city hostage. #Somalia — A A Mohamoud (@AliMohamoud) January 28, 2016 SOmalia will never die, lets keep hope alive #givepeaceachance #liidodemonstration — Mohamed Jama (@MascuudJaMa) January 28, 2016 Glad to see #LiidoDemonstration taking place in #Mogadishu & for ppl to speak against terror. — H. (@Le_anah) January 28, 2016 #LiidoDemonstration leave alone somalia, terrorism/ [...]

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Ukip MEP wants to end immigration from Islamic countries
January 26, 2016 By FM

Ukip MEP wants to end immigration from Islamic countries

A Ukip MEP called for an end to immigration from Islamic countries during a debate on the crimes of ISIS on January 20. Gerard Batten, who represents London, argued that ISIS represents “a literalist interpretation” of the Qur’an. Batten claimed that “ISIS represents a revival of the original ethos of the Mohammedan cult”. He defended these comments and told Religious Reader yesterday that “ISIS represents the worst excesses of the Mohammedan cult”. When asked for further clarification he insisted that his purpose “was not to upset any individual but to talk about a belief system, an ideology”. Batten maintains that “Islam is of course a cult”. A ‘cult’ that “up until relatively recently was properly referred to as ‘Mohammedanism’ in the West'”. This religious literalism, for Batten, remains antithetical to ‘western liberal democracy’. And drives his desire to end immigration from Islamic countries. As ‘importing millions’ from Islamic countries may constitute a security risk since “we cannot be sure of just how many of them take their religion literally?” Batten holds little sympathy for men fleeing ISIS. He told Religious Reader that: “Most of the waves of migrants coming to Europe, and queuing up at Calais are not fleeing ISIS, [...]

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Britain First Send out Libellous Statements Against Labour Hopeful Sadiq Khan
January 26, 2016 By Tell Mama

Britain First Send out Libellous Statements Against Labour Hopeful Sadiq Khan

Not to be out-done in the scraping the bottom of the political barrel, extremist group Britain First sent out circulars by e-mail stating that self-appointed Britain First leader, Paul Golding, would be standing for the Mayor of London. The circular hyped up the publicity that individuals and political parties will get through a two page

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