Yesterday one of Europe’s most controversial politicians, Geert Wilders, visited the House of Lords to show his anti-Islamic film, at the invitation of Lord Pearson and Baroness Cox (both of whom should frankly be ashamed). Wilders, who leads the Dutch Freedom Party and who has previously been banned from entering the UK, has called for the banning of the Koran and claims that Islam is a fascist religion. Not surprisingly his visit wasn’t universally welcomed!
As well as being widely condemned for the visit, Wilders was met in London by about 200 protesters from Unite Against Fascism who kept up a vocal protest for most of the day opposite the House of Lords. One group who did welcome the visit however was the nasty group called the English Defence League – a group even more despicable than the BNP. The EDL planned to march past Parliament in support of Wilders’ visit. I popped out from work during my lunch to take some pictures but there was no sign of the EDL just the UAF.
The Guardian have got a video of the protest (watch it here) which focuses on the English Defence League which I would highly recommend as it shows the EDL for the racist bunch of thugs that they truly are. After watching the video what really intrigued me was one of the EDL idiots talking about defending British Christian values. I would be willing to bet a lot of money that no one in the Church of England would accept these views as reflective of their religion and would probably be appalled at the suggestion. I’d be interested to find out as well if any of these guys who claim to be defending Christian values actually bother to go to Church. My guess would be no, because in reality the EDL is not about religion but simply about intolerance, racism and downright hatred of something different.
Of the two groups protesting in London yesterday only one truly reflects British values, and that was certainly not the EDL. Unite Against Fascism demonstrated a belief in tolerance, multi-culturalism and decency and I was proud to see them standing against the repellent views of the EDL.
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