Some pretty shocking statements reported here...

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https://5pillarsuk.com/2025/09/16/an-anti-muslim-hate-march-in-the-heart-of-london-the-failure-to-protect-muslim-citizens/

An anti-Muslim hate march in the heart of London: The failure to protect Muslim citizens
By
5Pillars (RMS) -
16th September 2025


Roshan Muhammed Salih argues that the British authorities should never have allowed Tommy Robinson’s mass anti-Muslim hate march in London to take place.

London, a city of more than one million Muslims, witnessed a shameful spectacle on Saturday when up to 150,000 demonstrators flooded its streets for the far-right “Unite the Kingdom” rally organised by the notorious Islamophobe and serial criminal Tommy Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.

What was billed as a “free speech festival” was actually a platform for virulent anti-Muslim hatred, with Islamophobic chants and banners in the crowd, and with speakers spewing rhetoric that painted Muslims as invaders, rapists, and existential threats to British identity.

This was no mere protest; it was a calculated assault on the dignity of more than 13% of the city’s population — and the estimated four million Muslims across the UK.

The fact that such vitriol was allowed to echo on a stage with loudspeakers just outside Downing Street speaks volumes about the institutional indifference towards Muslim lives in our so-called multicultural society. As well as the inability of British Muslims to mobilise against such a provocation.

Anti-Muslim hate speech

The rally’s inflammatory tone was exemplified by the foreign extremists who took to the stage.

American Republican candidate Valentina Gomez, who jetted in from the U.S. to join the fray, urged the expulsion of Muslims from the UK and branded Prime Minister Keir Starmer “the biggest paedophile protector in history.”

Her presence alone underscores a glaring double standard: while foreign Muslim scholars have been routinely denied entry for views deemed incompatible with Western norms on issues like homosexuality, Gomez — a self-proclaimed firebrand known for burning Qurans and disrupting Muslim events — was welcomed with open arms.

“England belongs to the English. It’s either now or never, because if these rapists Muslims take over, they will not only rape your women, they will behead your sons, just like they did on October 7th in Israel,” she told the cheering crowd.

“So, we either fight now or we die. And we’re fighters, we are warriors of Jesus Christ. And in the words of the great Charlie Kirk, Islam is the sword that the left is using to destroy Christian nations and to destroy every Christian nation across the world. So, do not make peace with evil. Destroy it.

“And we need a new prime minister that has guts and that’s gonna stand up for the British and send all of these rapists Muslims and dirty rugs back to their Sharia nations.”

Similarly, Belgian far-right politician Filip Dewinter took the stage to declare: “At what time did London became Pakistan?”

He continued: “Mass immigration and multiculturalism are the Trojan horse of Islam. And Islam is the most dangerous thing for our society ever. It’s a threat for the freedom of speech. It’s a threat for the equality between man and woman. It’s a threat for the separation between this church and the state.

“It’s a threat for all of us. It’s a threat for our children. It’s a threat for what we stand for. Liberty, Europe, England, our kingdom. It has to be clear that Islam is our real enemy. We have to get rid of Islam. Islam doesn’t belong to Europe. Islam doesn’t belongs to the UK.”

Gomez and Dewinter’s warnings of a “Muslim takeover” and the imposition of Shariah law were not fringe mutterings; they were amplified to a massive crowd chanting “Send them back” and waving Union Jacks alongside anti-Islam banners.

Even tech billionaire Elon Musk contributed via video link, ominously stating, “Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die.”

Why wasn’t the march banned?

The British authorities’ decision to permit this march, despite its predictable descent into violence, is indefensible.

Over 1,600 Metropolitan Police officers were deployed, yet 26 were injured, and 25 arrests were made after protesters hurled bottles, flares and insults at officers and counter-demonstrators.

A stage was erected mere steps from the seat of government, broadcasting messages that dehumanise an entire faith community.
People carrying flags and banners gather at STAMFORD-STREET to stage a demonstration, organised by Tommy Robinson called the FREE SPEECH FESTIVAL in London, United Kingdom on 13/09/25. (Stuart Brock – Anadolu Agency)

London’s Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, and Muslim Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, oversaw an event that left communities “feeling deeply concerned,” as Khan later put it, accusing far-right leaders of hijacking the British flag.

But where was the proactive intervention? Would a mass antisemitic or anti-Hindu hate march be allowed on the streets of London? Of course it wouldn’t, and rightly so.

Foreign hate preachers like Gomez and Dewinter should have been stopped at the borders, just as Muslim activists and figures with far less incendiary rhetoric often are.

This selective enforcement reveals a troubling bias: Islamophobia is tolerated as “free speech,” while expressions of Muslim identity are scrutinised and suppressed as “divisive” and “disloyal”.

Muslim inaction

Equally disheartening was the muted response from the Muslim community itself.

While anti-racism groups like Stand Up to Racism mustered a counter-protest of about 5,000, broader Muslim-led mobilisation was conspicuously absent.

Organisations had urged vigilance beforehand, and police reassured Muslims to “maintain routines” despite “particular concerns” over anti-Muslim rhetoric. Post-event, calls for accountability echoed from advocacy groups, but where were the mass demonstrations or unified statements from mosques and community leaders?

The rally’s organisers clearly signalled what was coming, yet the community’s relative silence allowed this poison to spread unchecked.

This “hate march” is a wake-up call for British Muslims and their allies. It exposes the fragility of our place in a nation that claims to value tolerance and religious freedom, but permits the mainstreaming of bigotry.

With five million Muslims contributing to the UK’s economy, culture, and social fabric, the authorities must enforce consistent standards on hate speech and border controls.

And our community must strengthen its resolve — organising, mobilising, advocating and demanding accountability to ensure such events become relics of a shameful recent past.