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[[File:Unite against Hate Screen Shot 2017-07-06.png|right|800px]] Unite against Hate was a street protest march organised by former [[English Defence Leader]] [[Stephen Lennon]] aka Tommy Robinson and [[Sharia Watch]] director [[Anne Marie Waters]], among others. It was held in June 2017 following the deadly attack carried out by suicide bomber [[Salman Abedi]] at a Manchester Arena, which killed 22 concertgoers, and maimed many others.
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[[File:Unite against Hate Screen Shot 2017-07-06.png|right|800px]] Unite against Hate was a street protest march organised by former [[English Defence Leader]] [[Stephen Lennon]] aka Tommy Robinson and [[Sharia Watch]] director [[Anne Marie Waters]], among others. It was held on 11 June 2017 in response to the deadly attack carried out by suicide bomber [[Salman Abedi]] at a Manchester Arena, which killed 22 concertgoers, and maimed many others.
  
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Although it Unite Against Hate was originally promoted as a 'silent march' to honour the victims, according to Greater Manchester Police it 'turned nasty' and the media reported that  'Unite Against Hate' marchers chanted 'Allah is a paedo' and 'No Surrender', and many gave Hitler salutes'. <ref>[http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=3933, MANCHESTER ‘UNITE AGAINST HATE’ MARCH TURNS ‘NASTY’, Salford Star, 11 June 2017, accessed July 2017 and January 2018 </ref>
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==Backers==
 
It was held 'in partnership' with Canada's far-right online media outlet  [[Rebel Media]] and [[Gays against Sharia]].
 
It was held 'in partnership' with Canada's far-right online media outlet  [[Rebel Media]] and [[Gays against Sharia]].
  
 
[[Category:Islamophobia]][[Category:Counterjihad]][[Category:Protests]]
 
[[Category:Islamophobia]][[Category:Counterjihad]][[Category:Protests]]

Revision as of 08:02, 14 January 2018

Unite against Hate Screen Shot 2017-07-06.png

Unite against Hate was a street protest march organised by former English Defence Leader Stephen Lennon aka Tommy Robinson and Sharia Watch director Anne Marie Waters, among others. It was held on 11 June 2017 in response to the deadly attack carried out by suicide bomber Salman Abedi at a Manchester Arena, which killed 22 concertgoers, and maimed many others.

Although it Unite Against Hate was originally promoted as a 'silent march' to honour the victims, according to Greater Manchester Police it 'turned nasty' and the media reported that 'Unite Against Hate' marchers chanted 'Allah is a paedo' and 'No Surrender', and many gave Hitler salutes'. [1]

Backers

It was held 'in partnership' with Canada's far-right online media outlet Rebel Media and Gays against Sharia.

  1. [http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=3933, MANCHESTER ‘UNITE AGAINST HATE’ MARCH TURNS ‘NASTY’, Salford Star, 11 June 2017, accessed July 2017 and January 2018