Far right group, English Defence League, vows: ‘It’s war’
THE FAR right English Defence League last night declared itself “at war” with extremist elements of the Islamic faith.
Members have already clashed with police and attacked mosques following the Woolwich atrocity. But in a disturbing statement last night it vowed to campaign to “cut the cancer of Islamic extremism” from society.
It said on its website: “The terrible events in Woolwich were a reminder of something very few are willing to accept: we are at war. We need to clamp down on extremist preachers and the mosques that continue to host them.”
The Muslim Council of Britain called the atrocity a “truly barbaric act that has no basis in Islam and we condemn this unreservedly”.