As reported in the Guardian, “a crowd of men surges forwards from the pub doors and is repelled by the police. The chant goes up in the heart of Birmingham's shopping centre.”

 

"Muslim bombers off our streets, Muslim bombers off our streets!"

Then comes the response from about 50 equally mobilised people 200 yards away.

"Nazi scum out of Brum, Nazi scum out of Brum!"

 

The English Defence League, EDL, a newly formed organization, has staged about half a dozen demonstrations around England.

The English Defence League, EDL, as they claim, if they are not racist, fascist, or anti-Semitic, and they are, only expressing their anger against terrorism and Theo-fascism. Further more if their aim is to protect the Englishness or more precisely English heritage, in a dynamic and evolutionary process in the cultural context. They need to involve a cross section of the communities, whether they are indigenous or migrant.

There are very few individuals even among the people of Muslim faith, who want to participate or support the act of violence, where ever and what ever the reason may be. The majority of ethnic minority including Muslims don’t want terrorists, neither on the streets of Britain nor any where else in the world. All the people, weather black, white, men, women, Muslims, Christian, Jews, Hindu or atheist, want peace, rule of law, democracy, progress and prosperity.

I think it is a very genuine cause to speak out with a united-voice, against terrorism, Theo-fascism, to bring the public opinion against terrorism. There can not be any pretext, what so ever to carry out the act of violence against the civilian and non-combatant individuals. The focus must be global, because, the world is very inter-dependent today and becoming a global village. The governments must bring the changes. The rule of law, democracy, transparency, freedom of speech, equal treatment to human being regardless of the color, creed or gender, are fundamental and non-negotiate able.  The terrorists and theo-fascist want to impose their will on the people whether in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia or Britain.  

The hardship of the society and unemployment of the population as well as, absence of the rule of law, democracy and transparency, are the main reasons for the backwardness, resulting into a force-migration of the people.  There are no two opinions that terrorism, bigotry, intolerance and religious dictatorship are not the British specific problems, in fact, these are global and there must be an affective global response.

There fore ELD must involve cross section of the people for a democratic movement to bring the people closer for a better understanding.