Waltham Forest community condemns EDL march as counter-demo planned (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)

7.5.15

Waltham Forest community condemns EDL march as counter-demo planned (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series): It is understood the far-right group is referring to the convictions in 2012 of two Walthamstow men for a plot to blow up translatlantic flights and more recent convictions for harrassment relating to�so-called Muslim Patrols.�

The EDL action follows a march in Walthamstow in 2012, which saw a number of arrests.��

Group Unite Against Fascism say hundreds will again turn out for a counter demonstration,�with speakers including Green MEP Jean Lambert�and comedian�Ava Vidal.

Assistant secretary of Waltham Forest Islamic Society, Irfan Akhtar, reacted to the EDL claim about Walthamstow�by saying�the problem of radicalisation�can be found across the country.

"There is extremism everywhere," he said.�