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| |name = Stop the Islamification of Europe | |||
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| |motto = ''Racism is the lowest form of human stupidity, but Islamophobia is the height of common sense'' | |||
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| abbreviation = SIOE | ||
| | formation = 2007 | |||
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| '''Stop the ] of Europe''' (SIOE), also known as '''Stop Islamisation of Europe'''<ref name="independent1"/>, is an anti-] political interest group which has been active in ] and the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4679482,00.html |title=London police arrest 10 after anti-Islam protest turns ugly | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 11.09.2009 |publisher=Dw-world.de |date= |accessdate=2009-09-12}}</ref> The group originated out of the joining of the Danish group {{Link-interwiki| en=Stop Islamiseringen af Danmark| en_text=Stop Islamiseringen af Danmark| lang=da| lang_title=Stop Islamiseringen af Danmark}} with English anti-Islam activists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sioe.wordpress.com/about/ |title=About SIOE « SIOE Stop Islamisation Of Europe |publisher=Sioe.wordpress.com |date= |accessdate=2009-09-14}}</ref> | |||
| '''Stop Islamisation of Europe''' ('''SIOE''') is a pan-European ]<ref name="mulhall">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s9EwEAAAQBAJ&dq=Stop+Islamization+of+America+counter-jihad&pg=PT35|title=Drums In The Distance: Journeys Into the Global Far Right|first=Joe|last=Mulhall|publisher=Icon|year=2021|isbn=9781785787522}}</ref> organisation with the stated goal of "preventing ] from becoming a dominant political force in ]".<ref name="cnn1" /> It is a political interest group which has been active in ] and has conducted anti-Islamic protests in the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4679482,00.html |title=London police arrest 10 after anti-Islam protest turns ugly |publisher=Deutsche Welle |date= 2009-09-11|access-date=2009-09-12}}</ref> The group originated out of the joining of the Danish group ] with English anti-Islam activists.<ref name="wordpress1">{{cite web |url=http://sioe.wordpress.com/about/ |title=About SIOE |publisher=Stop Islamisation of Europe |access-date=2009-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519100244/http://sioe.wordpress.com/about/ |archive-date=19 May 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
| The group |
The group says that its aim is to oppose ];<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8251958.stm |title=Denham condemns right-wing groups |work=BBC News |date= 2009-09-12|access-date=2009-09-12}}</ref> they have the motto "Racism is the lowest form of human stupidity, but ] is the height of common sense".<ref>{{cite web|author=(AFP) – 1 day ago |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hwZPeWIWZShG8yCcn9lbA1yXg6JQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918113515/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hwZPeWIWZShG8yCcn9lbA1yXg6JQ |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 September 2009 |title=AFP: Riot police quell clashes at anti-Islam demo in London |access-date=2009-09-12}}</ref> | ||
| ==Ideology== | ==Ideology== | ||
| The group describes itself as an alliance "with the single aim of preventing Islam becoming a dominant political force in Europe."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/11/britain.mosque.protest/ |title=8 arrested at protest outside mosque in London |publisher=CNN |
The group describes itself as an alliance "with the single aim of preventing Islam becoming a dominant political force in Europe."<ref name="cnn1">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/11/britain.mosque.protest/ |title=8 arrested at protest outside mosque in London |publisher=CNN |date= 2009-09-11|access-date=2009-09-12}}</ref> The organisation calls for the total boycott of Muslim countries.<ref name="Sioe.wordpress.com">{{cite web|url=http://sioe.wordpress.com/boycotts/ |title=Boycotts |publisher=Stop Islamisation of Europe |date=2010-08-19 |access-date=2010-09-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825165847/http://sioe.wordpress.com/boycotts/ |archive-date=25 August 2010 }}</ref> The group advises boycotts of companies including ], ], ] and The ] because of their marketing of products to Muslims.<ref name="Sioe.wordpress.com"/> | ||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| Stop the Islamisation of Europe was inspired by a Danish group of the same name who have held protests outside Danish mosques since the ].<ref name="independent1">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rightwing-protestors-target-harrow-mosque-1785797.html |title=Riot police called in as demonstrators clash at anti-Muslim protest |newspaper=The Independent |date= 2009-09-11|access-date=2009-09-12 | location=London | first=Jerome | last=Taylor}}</ref> The group has 6,600 supporters on its Facebook page.<ref name="independent1"/> Social networking sites have been used to plan protests.<ref name="independent1"/> | |||
| ⚫ | Affiliate organisations have been created in eleven European countries including Denmark, Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Romania, and Sweden, as well as the United States of America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sioe.wordpress.com/ |title=SIOE Stop Islamisation of Europe |publisher=Stop Islamisation of Europe |access-date=2009-09-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013090133/http://sioe.wordpress.com/ |archive-date=13 October 2009 }}</ref> | ||
| ==Leaders== | ==Leaders== | ||
| ⚫ | ] | ||
| ===Stephen Gash=== | ===Stephen Gash=== | ||
| ⚫ | ] (left) and spokesman of SIOE in the UK ] (right)]] | ||
| ⚫ | Stephen Gash (born |
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| ⚫ | Stephen Gash (born 1953) is the spokesman of SIOE in the UK, and stood in the ] (triggered by the resignation of Prime Minister Tony Blair) for the ]. Gash gained 177 votes (this represented 0.6% of the votes cast at the election) .<ref>{{cite web |url=http://by-elections.co.uk/sedgefield07.html |title=Sedgefield 2007 |publisher=By-elections.co.uk |date=2007-07-19 |access-date=2010-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821060504/http://www.by-elections.co.uk/sedgefield07.html |archive-date=21 August 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> According to his election literature the main themes of his campaign were support for an ], resolving the ] and immigration control.<ref name="by-elections1">{{cite web |url=http://by-elections.co.uk/sedgefield/edp.html |title=English Democrats |publisher=By-elections.co.uk |date=2007-07-19 |access-date=2010-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314034640/http://by-elections.co.uk/sedgefield/edp.html |archive-date=14 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Gash has also contested local elections for ].<ref name="by-elections1"/> | ||
| ===Anders Gravers Pedersen=== | ===Anders Gravers Pedersen=== | ||
| ] was born in Denmark and lives in the small town of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/siad.dk |title=Siad.dk - Si Ad - Stop Islamiseringen af Danmark |publisher=Whois.domaintools.com |access-date=2010-09-15}}</ref> He contested municipal elections in ] in 2005 and gained 383 votes and the group ] received a total of 1,172 votes. This represented less than 1% of the votes cast in the election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=da&u=http://www.redox.dk/spip.php%3Farticle30&ei=YDiuStnYDJS7jAem46TwBw&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=9&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DStop%2BIslamiseringen%2Baf%2BDanmark%2B1172%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26hs%3DhCB%26sa%3DG |title=Google Translate |access-date=2010-09-15}}. Summer Editors: Radical Right hooligan mobilization without success.</ref> At the ], Pedersen stood in ] and won 73 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=da&u=http://www.berlingske.dk/article/20071114/valg/71114201/undefined&ei=NzmuSrvxN6KQjAfG7uDYBw&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=8&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Anders%2BGravers%2BPedersen%2522%2B%2B73%2Bstemmer%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26sa%3DG |title=Google Translate |access-date=2010-09-15}}. Right-wing independents defeated, It was less than 100 personal votes to two independents who are known from immigrant-hostile associations. By Elisabeth Arnsdorf Haslund, eah@berlingske.dk</ref> | |||
| ==England== | ==England== | ||
| ===Central London=== | ===Central London=== | ||
| In October 2007 the group staged a demonstration in |
In October 2007, the group staged a demonstration in ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/10/384430.html |title= 15 Lonely Fascists Protest in Central London |publisher=Indymedia|date=2007-10-26 |access-date=2009-09-14}}</ref> | ||
| ===Harrow |
===Harrow Central Mosque protest=== | ||
| On 11 September 2009 SIOE |
On 11 September 2009, SIOE co-sponsored a demonstration with the ] (EDL) in ] which generated national and international media attention. The purpose of the demonstration was to campaign against the building of a five-storey ], ], which was under construction.<ref name="Times">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6831609.ece|title=Street fights erupt as Muslims try to defend North London mosque|work= The Times |date= 2009-09-12|access-date=2009-09-12 | first=Fiona | last=Hamilton}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The group had pledged to hold a peaceful protest after the EDL cancelled a planned protest on 29 August 2009.<ref name="Royston 2009">{{cite web|last=Royston|first=Jack|title=Harrow Council backs Harrow Mosque over 9/11 protest|url=http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/4558738.Council__shoulder_to_shoulder__with_mosque_over_9_11_protest/|work=Harrow Times|access-date=26 June 2011|date=21 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://itn.co.uk/0cb3f2b117d03509e2a866153cbcea40.html |title=Arrests at anti-Islam demo |publisher=ITN |access-date=2009-09-12 |archive-date=14 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914115720/http://itn.co.uk/0cb3f2b117d03509e2a866153cbcea40.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
| In response to the protest, several Jewish community leaders condemned the group, after SIOE openly appealed to the Jewish community in an effort to encourage 1,000 Jews to carry the Israeli flag and support the protest. Rabbis Kathleen Middleton, Frank Smith, Aaron Goldstein, Hillel Robles and Mike Hilton sent a letter supporting the Harrow Mosque, saying SIOE use "outrageous lies" to try to divide Harrow's community, adding "As leaders of the Jewish community in Harrow, we are writing to express our support for our Muslim friends and neighbours, especially those at Harrow Central Mosque, who are under attack from those whose only purpose is to spread hatred and fear."<ref>{{cite web|last=Kirk|first=Tristan|title=Jewish community hits out at 'divisive' anti-Muslim protesters|url=http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/4781721.Harrow_Jews_stand_up_in_support_of_mosque/?ref=mr|work=Harrow Times|access-date=25 June 2011|date=7 December 2009}}</ref> The protests were also condemned by Councillor ] and Tory councillors Anjana Patel and Jeremy Zeid (who are Hindu and Jewish respectively),<ref name="Royston 2009"/> by '']'' newspaper, and the ] (CST), which monitors discrimination on behalf of the Jewish community in the UK. The CST asserted that SIOE "...provides the fuel for terrorism. British Jews should have no part of it."<ref name="Elgot 2009">{{cite web|last=Elgot|first=Jessica|title=CST warns Jews against joining anti-Muslim demo|url=http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/22478/cst-warns-jews-against-joining-anti-muslim-demo|access-date=26 June 2011|date=30 November 2009}}</ref> ] was present to oppose the demo, as well as Muslims there to defend the mosque.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8251598.stm |title=Ten arrested over mosque protest |work=BBC News |date= 2009-09-11|access-date=2009-09-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/12/2683928.htm?section=justin |title=Rally turns violent at London mosque |newspaper=ABC News |date=11 September 2009 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=2009-09-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=(UKPA) – 22 hours ago |url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jhP9_bEB9K9KD98oohfCA_DdWy-A |title=The Press Association: 10 arrests at mosque demonstration |access-date=2009-09-12}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/11/rightwing-anti-fascist-protesters-riot |title=Rightwing and anti-fascist protesters riot in London |newspaper=The Guardian |date= 2009-09-11|access-date=2009-09-12 | first=Aidan | last=Jones}}</ref> In all, over 1,000 people gathered outside the ].<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Counterdemonstrators clashed with the police, throwing bricks, bottles and firecrackers.<ref name="autogenerated2"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/4660748.Date_set_for_second_anti_Harrow_mosque_protest/ |title=Anti-Islam group wants to protest again in Harrow (From Harrow Times) |publisher=Harrowtimes.co.uk |date=2009-10-02 |access-date=2010-09-15}}</ref> Ten arrests were made during the protests, including the organiser of the protest Stephen Gash.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> | |||
| The date of the protest coincided with the anniversary of the ] and was intended to mark the anniversary of the attacks.<ref>{{cite web|author=(AFP) – 1 day ago |url=http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hwJ-_XW2fVOdOI-InLrN0h6L-QBg |title=AFP: Protestors vow peaceful anti-Islam demo |publisher=Google.com |date= |accessdate=2009-09-13}}</ref> Demonstrators clashed with the police, throwing bricks, bottles and firecrackers.<ref name="autogenerated2"/> Ten arrests were made during the protests including the organiser of the protest Stephen Gash.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> | |||
| ==Denmark== | ==Denmark== | ||
| ⚫ | {{main|Stop Islamisation of Denmark}} | ||
| ], ] |
], ]]] | ||
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| ⚫ | SIOE was originally a Danish anti-Islamist group which originated out of the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rightwing-protestors-target-harrow-mosque-1785797.html |title=Riot police called in as demonstrators clash at anti-Muslim protest|newspaper=The Independent |date= 2009-09-11|access-date=2009-09-14 | location=London | first=Jerome | last=Taylor}}</ref> The group was founded in 2007 by Anders Gravers Pedersen, the leader of a small Danish party called the Stop the Islamisation of Denmark ({{Langx|da|Stop Islamiseringen af Danmark}}).<ref name="wordpress1"/> On 11 September 2007, the group staged a demonstration in ], ]. | ||
| ⚫ | Affiliate organisations have been created in |
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==Norway== | ||
| {{main|Stop Islamisation of Norway}} | |||
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| SIOE established a branch in Norway in 2008, from a group that had originally been formed in 2000. The Norwegian branch, SIAN, however broke its ties to SIOE in 2012. | |||
| ===Islam in Europe=== | |||
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| * ] re: Danish wing | |||
| ==Germany== | |||
| ===Islamism in Europe=== | |||
| There has been a branch of SIOE in Germany that has been led by ].<ref name="Hope not hate">{{cite web|url=https://hopenothate.org.uk/2018/01/11/what-is-counter-jihadism/|title=International counter-jihad organisations|date=11 January 2018|work=Hope not hate}}</ref> ]'s former Pax Europa organisation was part of SIOE in the mid-late 2000s.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/files/192414854/Aked_Jones_Miller_Counterjihad_report_2019.pdf|last1=Aked|first1=H.|last2=Jones|first2=M.|last3=Miller|first3=D.|year=2019|title=Islamophobia in Europe: How governments are enabling the far-right 'counter-jihad' movement|series=Public Interest Investigations|publisher=University of Bristol|page=36|isbn=9780957027497|hdl=1983/cd525157-683a-493b-b27f-9a5ffbca312c}}</ref> | |||
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| ==Poland== | |||
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| A branch SIOE was established in 2007 in Poland.<ref name="urlThe Extreme Right’s Relationship with Islam and Islamism in East-Central Europe: From Allies to Enemies - Miroslav Mareš, 2014">{{cite journal |title=The Extreme Right's Relationship with Islam and Islamism in East-Central Europe: From Allies to Enemies - Miroslav Mareš, 2014 |doi=10.1177/0888325413502073 |s2cid=144155708 }}</ref> | |||
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| ==Bulgaria== | |||
| There was a branch of SIOE in Bulgaria that was formerly led by ].<ref name="Hope not hate"/> | |||
| ==Criticism== | |||
| In September 2009, ], ]'s ], criticised the group and stated that it was "trying to provoke violence on Britain's streets" and called it "right-wing".<ref name="autogenerated1"/> ] have opposed the group.<ref name="autogenerated1"/><ref name="autogenerated2"/> The ] has consistently denied any links with SIOE.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bnp.org.uk/tag/sioe/ |title=UAF Violent Thugs Attack Police in Pro-Islamification Riot |publisher=British National Party |access-date=2009-09-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929002240/http://bnp.org.uk/tag/sioe/ |archive-date=29 September 2009 }}</ref> | |||
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British anti-Islamic organisation
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| Abbreviation | SIOE |
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| Formation | 2007 |
| Headquarters | United Kingdom |
| Website | Stop Islamisation of Europe |
Stop Islamisation of Europe (SIOE) is a pan-European counter-jihad organisation with the stated goal of "preventing Islam from becoming a dominant political force in Europe". It is a political interest group which has been active in Denmark and has conducted anti-Islamic protests in the United Kingdom. The group originated out of the joining of the Danish group Stop Islamisation of Denmark with English anti-Islam activists.
The group says that its aim is to oppose Islamic extremism; they have the motto "Racism is the lowest form of human stupidity, but Islamophobia is the height of common sense".
Ideology
The group describes itself as an alliance "with the single aim of preventing Islam becoming a dominant political force in Europe." The organisation calls for the total boycott of Muslim countries. The group advises boycotts of companies including Fisher-Price, Asda, Kentucky Fried Chicken and The Radisson Hotel chain because of their marketing of products to Muslims.
History
Stop the Islamisation of Europe was inspired by a Danish group of the same name who have held protests outside Danish mosques since the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. The group has 6,600 supporters on its Facebook page. Social networking sites have been used to plan protests.
Affiliate organisations have been created in eleven European countries including Denmark, Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Romania, and Sweden, as well as the United States of America.
Leaders
Stephen Gash
Stephen Gash (born 1953) is the spokesman of SIOE in the UK, and stood in the 2007 Sedgefield by-election (triggered by the resignation of Prime Minister Tony Blair) for the English Democrats Party. Gash gained 177 votes (this represented 0.6% of the votes cast at the election) . According to his election literature the main themes of his campaign were support for an English Parliament, resolving the West Lothian question and immigration control. Gash has also contested local elections for Carlisle City Council.
Anders Gravers Pedersen
Anders Gravers Pedersen was born in Denmark and lives in the small town of Storvorde. He contested municipal elections in Aalborg in 2005 and gained 383 votes and the group Stop the Islamisation of Denmark received a total of 1,172 votes. This represented less than 1% of the votes cast in the election. At the 2007 Danish parliamentary election, Pedersen stood in Jutland and won 73 votes.
England
Central London
In October 2007, the group staged a demonstration in central London.
Harrow Central Mosque protest
On 11 September 2009, SIOE co-sponsored a demonstration with the English Defence League (EDL) in Harrow which generated national and international media attention. The purpose of the demonstration was to campaign against the building of a five-storey mosque, Harrow Central Mosque, which was under construction. The group had pledged to hold a peaceful protest after the EDL cancelled a planned protest on 29 August 2009.
In response to the protest, several Jewish community leaders condemned the group, after SIOE openly appealed to the Jewish community in an effort to encourage 1,000 Jews to carry the Israeli flag and support the protest. Rabbis Kathleen Middleton, Frank Smith, Aaron Goldstein, Hillel Robles and Mike Hilton sent a letter supporting the Harrow Mosque, saying SIOE use "outrageous lies" to try to divide Harrow's community, adding "As leaders of the Jewish community in Harrow, we are writing to express our support for our Muslim friends and neighbours, especially those at Harrow Central Mosque, who are under attack from those whose only purpose is to spread hatred and fear." The protests were also condemned by Councillor Susan Hall and Tory councillors Anjana Patel and Jeremy Zeid (who are Hindu and Jewish respectively), by The Jewish Chronicle newspaper, and the Community Security Trust (CST), which monitors discrimination on behalf of the Jewish community in the UK. The CST asserted that SIOE "...provides the fuel for terrorism. British Jews should have no part of it." Unite Against Fascism was present to oppose the demo, as well as Muslims there to defend the mosque. In all, over 1,000 people gathered outside the mosque. Counterdemonstrators clashed with the police, throwing bricks, bottles and firecrackers. Ten arrests were made during the protests, including the organiser of the protest Stephen Gash.
Denmark
Main article: Stop Islamisation of Denmark
SIOE was originally a Danish anti-Islamist group which originated out of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. The group was founded in 2007 by Anders Gravers Pedersen, the leader of a small Danish party called the Stop the Islamisation of Denmark (Danish: Stop Islamiseringen af Danmark). On 11 September 2007, the group staged a demonstration in Brussels, Belgium.
Norway
Main article: Stop Islamisation of NorwaySIOE established a branch in Norway in 2008, from a group that had originally been formed in 2000. The Norwegian branch, SIAN, however broke its ties to SIOE in 2012.
Germany
There has been a branch of SIOE in Germany that has been led by Michael Stürzenberger. Udo Ulfkotte's former Pax Europa organisation was part of SIOE in the mid-late 2000s.
Poland
A branch SIOE was established in 2007 in Poland.
Bulgaria
There was a branch of SIOE in Bulgaria that was formerly led by Pavel Chernev.
Criticism
In September 2009, John Denham, Labour's Communities Secretary, criticised the group and stated that it was "trying to provoke violence on Britain's streets" and called it "right-wing". Unite Against Fascism have opposed the group. The British National Party has consistently denied any links with SIOE.
See also
References
- Mulhall, Joe (2021). Drums In The Distance: Journeys Into the Global Far Right. Icon. ISBN 9781785787522.
- ^ "8 arrested at protest outside mosque in London". CNN. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
- "London police arrest 10 after anti-Islam protest turns ugly". Deutsche Welle. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
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- ^ "Denham condemns right-wing groups". BBC News. 12 September 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
- (AFP) – 1 day ago. "AFP: Riot police quell clashes at anti-Islam demo in London". Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Boycotts". Stop Islamisation of Europe. 19 August 2010. Archived from the original on 25 August 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ^ Taylor, Jerome (11 September 2009). "Riot police called in as demonstrators clash at anti-Muslim protest". The Independent. London. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
- "SIOE Stop Islamisation of Europe". Stop Islamisation of Europe. Archived from the original on 13 October 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- "Sedgefield 2007". By-elections.co.uk. 19 July 2007. Archived from the original on 21 August 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ^ "English Democrats". By-elections.co.uk. 19 July 2007. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- "Siad.dk - Si Ad - Stop Islamiseringen af Danmark". Whois.domaintools.com. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- "Google Translate". Retrieved 15 September 2010.. Summer Editors: Radical Right hooligan mobilization without success.
- "Google Translate". Retrieved 15 September 2010.. Right-wing independents defeated, It was less than 100 personal votes to two independents who are known from immigrant-hostile associations. By Elisabeth Arnsdorf Haslund, eah@berlingske.dk
- "15 Lonely Fascists Protest in Central London". Indymedia. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
- Hamilton, Fiona (12 September 2009). "Street fights erupt as Muslims try to defend North London mosque". The Times. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
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