Britain First Video Shared By Donald Trump Is Fake News

Today the President of the US, Donald Trump, retweeted three videos by the deputy leader of far right anti-Muslim group Britain First.

Trump sent anti-Muslim messages from right-wing group's deputy leader Jayda Fransen out to his 43.5 million followers.

The first video claimed to show a “Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!”

The truth – No Muslim migrant

De Telegraaf, regarded as one of the largest Dutch daily morning newspapers, referred to the same video in May 13th 2017. There is no mention of any ‘Muslim migrant’ as Fransen stated.

The story (which can be found here), stated that:

“A 16-year-old boy from Edam-Volendam was arrested Saturday morning in his home town… suspected of mistreating a boy on crutches.”

The police had launched an investigation after the video of the incident had appeared on the site Dumpert.nl, according to a spokeswoman for the police.

A sixteen-year-old boy who made the film was also arrested. De Telegraaf stated that he was from Monnickendam.

What we can gather is that there is no indication of whether the perpetrators were Muslim, or migrants. What we do know is that the perpetrators were Dutch.

Right-wing groups have a history of sharing false information and stories to promote hate. Britain First have done this many times as can be seen here and here.

According to the Mirror, Fransen was arrested last week in London, in connection with a speech she made in Belfast over the summer. She is currently on bail over four counts of racially aggravated harassment over things she said during a court case in Kent.

EDL show they do hate all Muslims after all

The hate group known as the English Defence League (EDL) has many times been accused of targeting the Muslim community. Today it has showed its true colours.

When the EDL marched in Sheffield, largely outnumbered by opposition, they unfurled a banner inciting hate towards Muslims.

The banner had written on it: “Who the f is Allah”, but most notably “Keep calm and hate Muslims”.

According to hate crime helpline named Tell Mama, a formal complaint has been made to South Yorkshire Police.

EDL also share plane crash rumours to pedal hate

After news emerged of a pilot bringing down a plane and killing 150 people, the Islamophobia network is doing its best to try and target Islam, by turning the co-pilot into a Muslim.

Facebook pages belonging to the English Defence League, the ‘Main London Page’ and the ‘Yorkshire Doncaster Division’ were among the many far-right pages that shared stories of the co-pilot Andreas Lubitz being a “convert to Islam”.

Hate group Britain First also shared the story, but the group came under scrutiny by its own supporters and lost a lot of respect.

No evidence yet to suggest Lubitz was a convert to Islam

All that is being alleged is that the pilot required treatment for depression, and was recommended regular psychological assessment.

The BBC also reported that prosecutors say there is no evidence of a political or religious motive for his actions.

Sources that were first to circulate rumours that Lubitz was supposedly a “convert to Islam” all seem to be anti-Muslim ones that are irrationally jumping to conclusions with no confirmations.

It is beyond disgusting how at the time of tragedy, these far-right hate groups are using the crash for their own political goals and spreading unconfirmed rumours they take as ‘news’.

Further reading:

1. The Evidence That the Germanwings Copilot Was Muslim Is Sketchy as Hell

Britain First lose supporters for sharing plane crash rumours

Sometimes, far-right hate groups are so keen in promoting themselves they pass rumors off as truth.

In recent news, a man has been suspected of deliberately crashing a Germanwings A320 plane in the French Alps and killed 150 people.

UK hate group Britain First was quick to pick up on the news and shared a link that suggested the pilot was a “convert to Islam”. In the post, Britain First wrote: “LET'S FACE FACTS: THE FREE WORLD IS AT WAR WITH JIHAD!”

Posted up on 27 March.

Britain First shares rumour to whip up hate

There is no evidence to suggest the man was a convert to Islam.

All that is being alleged is that the pilot required treatment for depression, and was recommended regular psychological assessment.

But the BBC also reports that prosecutors say there was no evidence of a political or religious motive for his actions and no suicide note has been found.

Fortunately, Britain First lost many supporters who knew something was wrong with the pathetic post.

Sources that have been circulating news that this man was supposedly a “convert to Islam” all seem to be anti-Muslim ones that are irrationally jumping to conclusions with no confirmations.

Britain First seem happy in sharing stories from the vile echo chamber to over 600,000 people just to further their political goals and scare the gullible.

Britain First shares fake Islamic scholar quote

On 11 February, far-right hate group Britain First shared a supposed quote from a famous Islamic scholar Dr Zakir Naik.

It stupidly said: “I call for an immediate ban on the movie ‘Gravity’ as it shows ‘Earth’ to be spherical, which is against the Quran, & thus insulting to muslims.”

Of course, hateful remarks on Islam and the Muslim community in general issued in the comments by Britain First supporters.

The truth behind the quote – Zakir Naik never said it

The quote was never said by Zakir Naik. The quote was actually said on a fake Twitter account set up in his name and then this was regurgitated on far-right anti-Muslim sites and pages.

Zakir Naik’s appearances and speeches are also well-documented, and he is never found saying the words he said in that image. Rather he is documented to have said the complete opposite.

This is yet another example of Britain First deceiving people just to get measly Likes and Shares so it can promote its brainless cause.

Britain First disrespect Muslim veteran’s funeral

Britain First have shamed themselves once again for disrespecting a WW2 veteran’s funeral.

In an attempt to incite hate, Britain First posted up an image of Muslims praying outside and wrote a caption reading: “MEANWHILE IN BIRMINGHAM….”.

As Britain First had intended to stoke fear and outrage, some supporters were quick to call for death, including suggestions to bomb the innocent people with “napalm bombs” and “grenades”, as shown by screenshots below.

The truth behind the image

The image was in fact stolen from the Birmingham Mail who wrote a story last month.

It had reported on the funeral of Sufi Muhammed Abdullah Khan, a mosque founder who had served in the British Indian Army in WW2.

Called an “inspirational man,” he came to Birmingham in 1962 and worked for the community. The image was just outside the mosque where mourners prayed for him.

But Britain First showed everyone that they have no respect for veterans or the dead.

It’s not the first time Britain First have disrespected a veteran. They also photoshopped one veteran and he reported them for slander but then they removed the image to cover their tracks.

Britain First have no respect for veterans and this is proof

Far right hate group Britain First came under fire worldwide for posting up an image of a Navy veteran holding up a photoshopped sign.

The Yorkshire Standard reported that the group posted up a FAKE image of a Muslim man holding up a sign that read: “Boycott bigotry and kill all non Muslims”.

The original image was of Dawud Walid who was taking part in a anti-racism rally, as shown below.

He is a Navy veteran who has served in the United States Navy and earned two United States Navy & Marine Corp Achievement medals.

But sick Britain First edited and shared the photoshopped image to over 600,000 people on Facebook and it was additionally circulated over 2000 times.

When the news story published by the YS got popular, Britain First removed the image out of fear because they knew people had found out what they had done.

Mr Walid said he reported Britain First to the UK authorities for defamation and slander.

Another piece of proof that Britain First has no respect for veterans is when the leader of the group was recorded by a veteran collecting money for Help for Heroes in a charity scam.

Read about it here.

Britain First members swore and forced their way into mosque

According to eyewitnesses, Britain First (BF) members swore and forced themselves into a mosque in Kent.

Police investigations have already started in Kent and London after three mosques were targeted by the extreme far right group, which has been targeting minority communities (the Muslim community in particular).

A spokesman for one of the mosques told the BBC: “At about three o’clock somebody knocked on the front door. There were six people with green jackets and flat caps and they said they wanted to come in. I said no, you can’t come in, I don’t know who you are.”

He said the group then forced their way in through the main door, but were stopped from going through a second door.

He added: “They were making videos, at the same time swearing, and saying we heard you’re building another mosque and we really resist that.”

Kent Police said: “Officers are making enquiries to establish the circumstances around the incidents and whether any criminal offences have been committed.”

The Right Reverend James Langstaff, Bishop of Rochester, said he thought Jesus would have been “outraged” at the targeting of the mosques.

Further reading:

1. Police investigate Kent and London mosque visits

Bare Naked Islam: The Hate Site That Celebrates Violence

Our blog exposes the English Defence League (EDL), its far-right allies and its supporters. So now we bring you the attention of Bare Naked Islam (BNI), a controversial hate blog hosted in the U.S.

Why? Well we decided to expose this hate-mongering site because it links to the EDL on its site, links it on its blogroll, the admins have expressed support for it, and because the EDL leader including EDL divisions have linked to its articles too.

The link that goes to the EDL website on Bare Naked Islam.

Examples of EDL Divisions sharing links to Bare Naked Islam.

EDL leader Tommy Robinson tweets a fear-mongering link from the site.

The blog has been controversial in the past, and was briefly shut down by WordPress for violating its terms and conditions, which comes to no surprise as it continuously posts up graphic content and posts what many would describe as “hate speech” towards Muslims.

Notably, this blog has featured a number of violent threats against mosques and Muslims, including the words from a commenter saying, “I want (Muslim) blood on my hands!”.

In 2011, Sheila Musaji of The American Muslim highlighted how the owner(s) of the site seemed to show sadistic joy when there were repeated arson attacks on mosques in France.

Bare Naked Islam published an article titled “WOO HOO! Yet ANOTHER anti-Muslim attack on a French mosque” and its subheading read: “Apparently, Hell hath no fury like a Frenchman scorned. It’s the third attack on a mosque just this month. Will the Muslims ever get a clue that they are not welcome in France?”

There were various threatening comments left below the post. The admin (who is regularly online) approved of them at the time.

This post was quickly removed once it gained attention. And like many far-right hate groups and sites, it tried to cover its tracks by removing the post.

A similar example of insensitive blog posts was when the admin(s) published an article titled “Oh, BOO HOO! Muslim man’s hatred of dogs gets him killed”, upon hearing of a young male who was scared of dogs died after plunging in a lake. Also found on the comment section, was this sadistic comment left by the admin.

Facts about Bare Naked Islam

• Bare Naked Islam is known to post up stories and news without verification, making it a unreliable source of information. An example we recorded was when the site reported that “Muslims danced in the streets” after the Boston marathon attack (click here for our article). We found it to be untrue.
• We exposed this site for sharing fake news in 2012 as well, when it claimed a horse was raped by a “Muslim”. Upon investigation, we found that no incident happened and Bare Naked Islam even went to the lengths in sharing a dead horse picture that was 5 years older than the story (click here for our article).
• Bare Naked Islam also regurgitates and shares stories with other hate blogs, such as IslamVersusEurope and Vivienco, who have been criticised for sharing unreliable stories too.
• Bare Naked Islam urges people to not even hire Muslims.
• Countless supporters of the site have posted comments advocating violence. Many can still be found today.
• Well-known far-right Islamophobes such as Robert Spencer of Jihadwatch and Pamela Geller of Atlasshrugs (both co-founders of American hate groups) have defended Bare Naked Islam in the past.
• The admin of the group posted a comment saying Norwegian bomber Anders Breivik “killed the wrong people”, which sounds like the admin perhaps, preferred others to be killed instead.

• The admin of the group posted a comment explaining why he/she chooses to demonise Muslims, saying he/she simply “enjoys doing it.”

Bare Naked Islam is clearly a dangerous hate site. With its consistent violent anti-Muslim rhetoric and open sympathy for hate and violence upon the innocent, it surely is one of the lowest of the low.

The fact it also has to make up false news to “mock and malign” others is another example of the bias bigotry that exists in the Islamophobia network.

Further reading:

1. Bonni Benstock-Intall & BNI: Celebrating & encouraging violence against Muslims - update 7/21
2. Anti-Muslim Bigot Robert Spencer Comes to the Defense of Genocidal Site “BareNakedIslam”

Pamela Geller And EDL Exploit French Rail Crash

It’s no surprise anymore when we read articles and blog posts when far-right bigots and groups known for their attacks on Islam and Muslims, blame ‘Muslims’ for crimes that aren’t caused by ‘Muslims’.

And here’s another vile example of this being done.

Pamela Geller of Atlasshrugs, a co-founder of a American hate group, and an ally of the English Defence League (EDL), tried claiming ‘Muslim youths’ looted the dead after a French Rail crash, which is now believed to have been caused by technical faults.

Geller wrote:

Quote: “This is the second unexplained train crash in as many weeks. More bodies are still being recovered in a mysterious Quebec train disaster in Canada. In this latest disaster in France, French Atlas readers tell me that Muslim “youths” were looting corpses at the train crash site. Most media neglected this monstrous bit of news; The Daily Telegraph makes a brief mention of the ghouls, referring to the Muslims as, ahem, “local people.”

Looters weren’t exactly ‘Muslims’, Geller made news up

There have been some reports of looters but those reports only mention “jeunes” and “local people” in their descriptions.

No credible source mentions ‘Muslims’ except for hate blogs Islam vs Europe, Sheikh Yer’Mami and Pamela Geller (not surprising as they have been known to incite hate and demonise Muslims).

“Jeunes” simply means young people, in this case, French youth. No one but Geller and other Islamophobic sites (who are known to rip articles from each other) mentioned Muslims at all in relation to what happened in France.

The EDL joins in sharing incorrect news

We at EDLReview also noticed that the EDL was sharing the misleading news. Note how these two Divisions – The Bournemouth Division and the Poole Division – put their own twist on the story, saying the ‘youths’ threw stones and ran away.

LoonWatch originally exposed this and concluded in its article:

Quote: ‘There is a reason that any respectable media have neglected Geller’s “monstrous bit of news”, and that is because it is not news, but simply another of Geller’s endless steam of sick Islamophobic fantasies.’

Further reading:

1. Pamela Geller exploits another tragedy to promote pathological anti-Muslim hatred

Former EDL Activist Jailed For Mosque Fire Threat

The Hastings Observer has reported that a man who threatened to burn down a Hastings Mosque in retaliation for the brutal killing of soldier Lee Rigby in London has been given a suspended jail sentence.

Photo: Hastings Observer

Unemployed Mr Rogers, 28, of Woolwich, a former English Defence League (EDL) activist, was staying with friends in Hastings when he posted a tirade of offensive and obscene remarks on Facebook including the statement ‘the mosque needs burning down’.

He also called on fellow EDL members to congregate at Hastings Mosque in St Leonards.

On Monday (July 15), Rogers was sentenced to 16 weeks in custody, suspended for two years, by Hastings magistrates. He was also given a supervision requirement for 24 months and ordered to pay £85 in costs and an £80 victim surcharge.

He pleaded guilty to the charge of sending an indecent, obscene, or menacing message.

At the sentencing, Aidan Harvey, defending, said that Rogers withdrew his patronage of EDL after the incident.

On another note: We at EDLReview went through the official EDL Facebook Page after the Woolwich attack took place and found more than 25 vile comments left by EDL supporters calling for the shooting, mutilating and bombing British Muslims (here).

Further reading:

1. Sick EDL Members Incite Hate After Woolwich Attack

VIDEO: Clips Of Open Racism In The EDL

There are so many screenshots, images, and videos of English Defence League (EDL) supporters and key figures being racist it is hard to keep count.

But here’s another video showing some open racism from supporters of the EDL towards black and Asian minorities.

Warning: Video contains strong language.

Further reading:

1. The EDL Is Not Racist? Have A Look At This

CAUGHT: EDL Recycles Anti-Semitic Nazi Propaganda

This is a cartoon recently posted on the English Defence League (EDL) London Division’s Facebook Page, which has over 14,000 fans.

It is used to illustrate the conspiracy theory that graffiti featuring the letters EDL, which has proliferated on mosques and Islamic centres since the murder of Lee Rigby, is not the work of EDL supporters themselves but of Muslims intent on smearing the EDL.

But as the Exposing the English Defence League blog pointed out, the cartoon is in fact an edit of a cartoon popular in neo-Nazi and white supremacist circles, which portrays fascist graffiti on synagogues as part of a Jewish conspiracy to frame the far-right. Here is the original.

The EDL has been known for housing many neo-Nazis and white supremacists within its ranks.

Further reading:

1. The EDL Is Not Racist? Have A Look At This

EDL Initials And Swastikas Painted On Redditch Mosque

A mosque being built in Worcestershire had been broken into last week and graffiti including swastikas were sprayed on to the walls and windows.

A Nazi swastika and the 'EDL' initials.

The graffiti being cleaned after the incident.

The damage at a Redditch mosque, was caused between 02:00 BST and 04:30.

The intruders forced their way through a gate and broke into the main building, stole building equipment and sprayed graffiti over at least six windows.

A BBC reporter, who was at the scene, said swastikas had been sprayed in blue paint, along with the initials EDL (which stands for the English Defence League), NF (which stands for the National Front), KKK and other racist language.

The £2.5m mosque has previously been hit by vandalism, but they were not thought to be racially motivated.

Photos: BBC

EDL ‘Linked To A Third’ Of Online Anti-Muslim Abuse

The first study of anti-Muslim sentiment in the UK finds that English Defence League (EDL) members were linked to a third of online abuse incidents in the past year.

New research conducted by the Centre for Fascist Studies at Teesside University is based on data from the monitoring and helpline charity Tell Mama where victims can report details of abuse either on the streets or online.

The majority of cases - 434 incidents - were online abuse: 300 were linked to the far-right movement, and 147 of those were linked to the EDL - a third of all online anti-Muslim incidents.

The report publishes disturbing examples of comments made by EDL supporters and advocates such as: “Hope your mosque has fire insurance Muslim immigrant xxxx. Fried halal .”

The data amounts to 584 recorded incidents of anti-Muslim hate crime in the year between April 2012 to April 2013.

SDL Blamed For Sharp Increase In Anti-Islam Hate Crime

STV News has reported that a sharp increase in derogatory conduct towards Islam has been put down to a single march by the Scottish Defence League (SDL).

Figures released on the 7th of June, show the number of charges of Religiously Aggravated Offending against Islam rose from 19 in 2011/12 to 80 in 2012/13.

The SDL, a branch off the far-right English Defence League (EDL) group, have been blamed for this increase of 321% as 57 of these charges come from their counter demonstration to the Campaign to Welcome Refugees march in Glasgow.

If it were not for these arrests, this category of crime would have increased by 21% to 23.

Three reports on hate crime were released on the 7th, one on hate crime, one on religiously aggravated offending and the first statistics of the Offensive Behaviour Act.

Together, they show there has been a 15% reduction in offences involving religious hatred.

As well a sharp increase in anti-Islamic crime, there was also an increase in hate crimes against disabled people, which had more than doubled to 138.

EDL Boxer Who Threatened Muslims With ‘Insane Violence’ Jailed

A boxer who threatened Muslims with acts of ‘insane violence’ on Facebook hours after Drummer Lee Rigby was hacked to death was jailed for four months.

Tony Perrin, 27, was arrested near his London home after he posted his threats with a photo of himself wearing a balaclava and pointing a gun at the camera.

Perrin, who expressed strong support to the English Defence League (EDL), wrote on May 22 this year, just after the Woolwich execution: ‘I will do a lot worse than what took place yesterday and I have like minded people behind me’.

In the post, Perrin encouraged his ‘fellow countrymen’ and his ‘beloved EDL’ to follow his lead.

Tony even set an EDL logo as his profile picture.

Jailing Perrin for four months Judge Clark said the aggravating factors were his ‘glorification of firearms’ and the incitement of ‘revenge attacks’.

Perrin admitted that the handgun was only a BB gun and that he was drunk when he made the offensive post but the damage had been done as the post went around the web.

He admitted posting a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character contrary to the Communications Act 2003.

His previous convictions include possession of an imitation firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence, dishonesty and attempted robbery.

EDL News was the first to uncover Tony and wrote an article on him on the 23rd of May as well as reporting him to the Met Police’s Counter Terrorism Unit.

Further reading:

1. EDL member Tony Mundy threatens massacre of Muslims

Inquiry Into ‘EDL’ Graffiti At Mosque

ThisIsLeicestershire reports that police are investigating a graffiti attack on a UK mosque.

The letters ‘EDL’ which refer to the British far-right group English Defence League, were written or sprayed on a bin at an Islamic centre in Leicester on 10th of June.

Police have urged anyone who saw someone behaving suspiciously to come forward.

Previous incidents related to the EDL

There have been various cases of vandalism of Islamic places of worship (including many threats of violence) ever since the tragic Woolwich murder. Below are some examples.

A mosque in Blackburn found daubed with vandalism last month.

Anti-Muslim graffiti on a bridge in London found last month.

EDL initials were found on a burnt-down centre on 5th June.