Stand Up and be Counted!

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Reply #31 - June 20, 2010, 06:32 PM

Had a post-demo drink, now enjoying post-drink shisha. Was good to see the kafiroon giving it large to the ragtag gaggle of islamists who showed up, whilst skillfully distancing themselves from the EDL. There was a good vibe through our crowd and everyone handled themselves well. Some really good speakers made themselves heard, I especially enjoyed listening to Gita Saghal.
Well done to those who made it. See you next time!

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Reply #33 - June 21, 2010, 11:39 AM

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Reply #35 - June 21, 2010, 01:33 PM

*APPLAUDS WILDLY!!!!* thnkyu

I hope your passion, courage, and enthusiasm will reach across
the pond, as well!!!

Why is it, at protests or counter protests of any kind,
the men who support shariah or any other insanity
cover their faces? (not all of them, but still, the ones
who do, WHY???) Fear? Shame? Huh?

If they were so
proud of their stance, why hide their faces?

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
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Reply #37 - June 21, 2010, 01:52 PM

is that you, RIBS? Quite a handsome fella :p

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
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Reply #39 - June 21, 2010, 02:00 PM

Quote from: RIBS on June 21, 2010, 01:47 PM

Well done guys.... Hey who is that under the loud speaker? I recognize this handsome young fella!

Excellent, well spotted !!

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Reply #41 - June 21, 2010, 02:09 PM

Who are these Three stooges? Why being a Muslim requires that you look like an insect repelent?

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Reply #43 - June 21, 2010, 02:32 PM

Quote from: DreamWeaver on June 21, 2010, 01:52 PM

is that you, RIBS? Quite a handsome fella :p

I think it is HighOctane.

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Reply #45 - June 21, 2010, 07:48 PM

HighOctane you sexy beast!

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Reply #47 - June 25, 2010, 06:15 PM

That is indeed HighOctane and it was a pleasure to meet him.

I hope next year there are more people at the march!

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Reply #49 - June 25, 2010, 10:19 PM

The crowds/passers by opposite:

View of One-Law-For-All:

View of the (very loud) counter demo:

Notice who gets more attention:

March, was nice to have some friendly police protection:

Due to a technical fault the backup speakers for One-Law-For-All had to be used and we were therefore somewhat drawned from the Allahu-Akbar rhetoric. It was nice to see Maryam, she's actually a pretty determined woman, you can see that in her eyes up front, on screen one can only see the softer side of her. When marching, some chap was holding up a flag of an Iranian party and had the word "communism" on it. The message therefore might have been a bit confusing to passers by. I did notice a few people cheers us on though.

All in all, the counter demo got more attention, but I hope enough passers by saw that there are protests against Sharia and extremism, in a non-violent but firm manner (and of course in solidarity for the struggling people of Iran). Shame we aren't Daily Mail worthy, but there we go.

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Reply #51 - June 25, 2010, 10:38 PM

Well done, HighOctane, Pariah and Thinkfree. Afro

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