Jim Dowson - Revision history

Clementine Boucher at 10:49, 21 December 2016

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Melissa Jones: /* Dowson quits Britain First */

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Dowson quits Britain First

Melissa Jones: /* References */

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References

Melissa Jones: /* Joining Knights Templar International */

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Joining Knights Templar International

Melissa Jones: /* 'Motoons' events */edit

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'Motoons' events: edit

Clementine Boucher at 15:43, 30 November 2016

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Clementine Boucher at 14:58, 30 November 2016

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Melissa Jones at 11:48, 30 November 2016

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Melissa Jones at 11:45, 30 November 2016

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Melissa Jones at 11:20, 30 November 2016

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 Other former members of the BNP joined them, including [[Andy McBride]], the regional organiser for the South East, and the Welsh based former councillor [[Kevin Edwards]]. <ref> Chris Allen, “Britain First: The ‘Frontline Resistance’ to the Islamification of Britain.” ''The Political Quarterly'' 85, no. 3 (July 1, 2014): 354–61. </ref>
 ===Dowson quits Britain First===
-In July 2014, Dowson quit the group after it released a series of videos showing leader [[Paul Golding]] and others entering mosques and intimidating imams. Dowson said 'racists and extremists' had'overrun' the group by and said of Golding:
+In July 2014, Dowson quit the group after it released a series of videos showing leader [[Paul Golding]] and others entering mosques and intimidating imams. Dowson said 'racists and extremists' had 'overrun' the group, and that:
-:I think he is fooling himself and lots of people that Britain First is a Christian group. Sadly, it has just become a violent front for people abusing the Bible.<ref>Nick Sommerlad, [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britain-first-founder-quits-over-3923810 Britain First founder quits over mosque invasions which attract ''racists and extremists'], ''The Mirror'', 27 July 2014</ref>
+:I think [Golding] is fooling himself and lots of people that Britain First is a Christian group. Sadly, it has just become a violent front for people abusing the Bible.<ref>Nick Sommerlad, [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britain-first-founder-quits-over-3923810 Britain First founder quits over mosque invasions which attract ''racists and extremists'], ''The Mirror'', 27 July 2014</ref>
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 Waters' event was later called off due to 'security concerns'.
-==Joining Knights Templar International==
+==Guarding Europe's 'frontier'==
 <youtube size="medium" align="right" caption=“Promotional video released by the extreme right group [[Knights Templar International]] with [[Jim Dowson]] defending their 'patrol' of Bulgarian borders against refugees in October 2016]”>GkahpIGJByc</youtube>
-In October 2016 it was reported that  Dowson had joined a Bulgarian armed militia called the [[Knights Templar International]] who hunt and attack refugees crossing into Europe, although it seems he has held a blog under the same name at least since 2015 <ref name=report/>. According to the ''Express'' newspaper, he had also spearheaded efforts to connect the group with major right-wing donors in Europe, America and Asia. In a youtube video standing in a forest in front of armed men wearing balaclavas, Dowson said the Bulgarian border was a frontline in the battle against refugee 'invaders' who he claimed 'want to take over the world'. <ref> Oli Smith, [http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/726823/Britain-First-Bulgarian-militia-hunt-refugees Britain First founder joins Bulgarian militia to hunt down and attack Muslim refugees], ''Express'', 31 October 2016. Accessed 07 November 2016. </ref>
+In October 2016 tabloid newspaper reports said that Dowson had joined a Bulgarian armed militia called the [[Knights Templar International]] who hunt and attack refugees crossing into Europe. Dowson however had held a blog under the same name at least since 2015. <ref name=report/>. According to the ''Express'' newspaper, he had also spearheaded efforts to connect the group with major right-wing donors in Europe, America and Asia. In a youtube video standing in a forest with armed men wearing balaclavas, Dowson said the Bulgarian border was a frontline in the battle against refugee 'invaders' who he claimed 'want to take over the world'. <ref> Oli Smith, [http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/726823/Britain-First-Bulgarian-militia-hunt-refugees Britain First founder joins Bulgarian militia to hunt down and attack Muslim refugees], ''Express'', 31 October 2016. Accessed 07 November 2016. </ref>
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 =='Motoons' events==
-In June 2015, when [[Anne-Marie Waters]] and other counterjihad figures wished to organised a public showing of Prophet Mohammed cartoons, Dowson was, according to a [[Gates of Vienna]] report, so appalled he 'took to his Knights Templar [International] blog to share his disgust at the plans'. In a blog entitled: ‘Private: Warning – Muhammad cartoon provocations would not serve our cause’, he wrote:
+In June 2015 ex-[[UKIP]] parliamentary candidate [[Anne Marie Waters]] and other UK counterjihad figures announced they wanted to hold a public showing of Prophet Mohammed cartoons in London, with Dutch MP [[Geert Wilders]] as a guest speaker.
-: 'Those behind this insanely dangerous idea believe (probably correctly) that heavily armed Muslim drugs gangs will be drawn into the clashes and that Jihadist sleeper cells will also seize the opportunity to come out as militant leaders of their community as part of a massive recruitment and radicalisation drive. With the same stunt to be pulled on the same day in [other] countries [...] the people behind the whole plan believe that there is a real chance of kicking off a Europe-wide civil war.' <ref name=report> Nick Lowles, [http://gatesofvienna.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/CJ-Cartoon-report-FINAL.pdf THE MUHAMMAD CARTOONS], ''Hope Not Hate'', accessed 30 November 2016. </ref>
 ==Joining Knights Templar International==

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	'''Jim Dowson''' is the co-founder of the far-right anti-Muslim [[Britain First]] party and group, and former member of the [[British National Party]]. He is reported to have joined an anti-migrant Bulgarian armed militia named [[Knights Templar International]].		'''Jim Dowson''' is the co-founder of the far-right anti-Muslim [[Britain First]] party and group, and former member of the [[British National Party]]. He is reported to have joined an anti-migrant Bulgarian armed militia named [[Knights Templar International]].