The only Muslim member of the English Defence League has been fined by magistrates after becoming embroiled in an argument with Asian men. Abdul Rafiq admitted using threatening language to cause ...

The English Defence League founder today claimed he could no longer control extremists within the far-right group, hours after he dramatically quit to join forces with an anti-extremist think-tank.

The far-right English Defence League (EDL) plans to put up candidates in local elections, after reaching an agreement to affiliate with the British Freedom Party (BFP), the Independent reports.

ENGLISH Defence League founder Tommy Robinson has quit the far-right group warning that it had become too extreme. Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Lennon, said that he still wanted to “counter ...

I realised we have far more in common than which divides us It’s been three years since I left the English Defence League (EDL). I don’t miss it, but I don’t regret joining either. It made me who I am ...

The English Defence League is exploiting religious tension and historical grievances to recruit religious Christians, Jews, Hindus and Sikhs with anti-Muslim propaganda, a new report shown exclusively ...

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