Men arrested in Gateshead over suspected Koran burning
BBC 23rd Sept. 2010
Six Tyneside men have been arrested after filming themselves apparently burning copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Police said the men, all from the Gateshead area, were detained after a video appeared on the Internet.
They were arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred and released on bail pending further inquiries.
ISLAM is NOT a "race" ! Islam is a proselyting, recruit wanting, religion, wherein for all it's other faults there is officially no colour bar: anyone can join. They are burning a book. Whether you like it or not, it is not a crime to burn a paper object in Britain, as long as that paper object is your property!
Two Gateshead men arrested for watching 9/11 Koran burning video
20th September 2010
Civil Liberty correspondent
Warning from those practitioners of a peaceful religion
The men were drinking in the Bugle pub, Leam Lane, Gateshead, when they were arrested after watching and sharing the videos.
Around 30 people staged a protest outside Gateshead police station on Wednesday evening, the 15th of September, following the arrests.
The group stood outside the doors to the police station with an England flag for about three hours watched by a contingent of uniformed officers.The protesters had gathered at around 8pm after the two men were arrested earlier in the day on 'suspicion of inciting racial hatred'.
The protest continued until around 11pm when the two arrested men were bailed pending further enquiries.
In a further development, the man who actually burned the Koran in the video on 9/11 in New York has been sacked from his job.
Derek Fenton, 39, of Bloomingdale, New Jersey, had worked for NJ Transit for 11 years as a conductor and train co-ordinator. One of his neighbours, Jacqui Marquez, said: "Good for him for burning the Koran. Everybody's entitled to their opinion. By firing him, they're sending a message that there's no freedom of speech. They're completely wrong for doing this."
Youtube have now removed all footage of Derek Fenton burning the Koran. Of course, if he had burnt the Stars and Stripes (or any other flag or religious book) the video would still be available. Double standards by Youtube, perhaps?
However, Civil Liberty has tracked down a blog which has embedded the video of Fenton's Koran-burning exploits and providing you are prepared to risk arrest from the British police, you can watch it here.
REMEMBER this voters, when you next hear the Police scream how short of funds they are.
Further links:
http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/65079/20100923/gateshead-koran-burning-since-when-was-islam-a-race-and-why-are-the-police-watching-youtube-when-the.htm
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Listen to me Sweary Mary, I get to decide what passes for good taste, what counts as poor taste, and what is just a Load of Bollocks. I'm not interested in multicultral clap-trap, liberal pleading for felons, or the status of Islam really being the "Religion of Peace(TM)".