ORGANISERS: Counter-jihadists Anne Marie Waters (of Sharia Watch), Alan Ayling (original financier of the EDL) and Stephen Lennon (‘Tommy Robinson’ ex-EDL leader) plan to host a cartoon exhibition featuring Prophet Muhammed (PBUH)
ORGANISERS: Counter-jihadists Anne Marie Waters (of Sharia Watch), Alan Ayling (original financier of the EDL) and Stephen Lennon (‘Tommy Robinson’ ex-EDL leader) plan to host a cartoon exhibition featuring Prophet Muhammed (PBUH)

An organisation has unveiled plans to host an offensive cartoon exhibition, featuring the Prophet Muhammad, in London on 18th September.

Hope Not Hate (HOPE), who exposed the plan in a report, said that while some people are supporting the exhibition out of a strong belief for free speech, others are hoping for a violent reaction from British Muslims in order to prove the incompatibility of Islam in the West.

The report reveals that just three weeks before the exhibition was publicly announced, exhibition organisers Anne Marie Waters (of Sharia Watch), Alan Ayling (original financier of the EDL) and Stephen Lennon (‘Tommy Robinson’ ex-EDL leader) met former Britain First founder Jim Dowson to discuss collaborating on a new counter-jihadist project.

These counter-Jihadist organisations believe that Islam is aggressive and expansionist, and make little or no distinctions between moderate or hardline followers of the religion.

Led by Alan Ayling – the conversation between the three counter-Jihadists discussed using the Muhammad cartoons to provoke serious civil strife in this country. One element of this plan relied on sending anti-Muslim demonstrators into heavily Muslim areas, waving placards with offensive cartoons.

Anne Marie Waters (800x450)

So horrified by what he had heard, Britain First Dowson later denounced these plans on his Knights Templar blog: “The belief is that Muslims will be so angry that they will start fighting the police in an effort to get at the demonstrators, but that with trouble breaking out in so many places at once the police will be unable to contain it.”

“The plot relies on this fact to envisage that this will mean that the resulting violence will spin out of control, leading to a wave of murderous attacks not just on the ‘useful idiot’ demonstrators but also on the outnumbered police force, pubs and non- Muslims in general.

“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.

Dowson’s blog gives an insight into the mindset of those backing the cartoon exhibition and should give everyone great cause for concern.

Ex EDL leaders in court

Dowson’s blog gives us an insight into the mindset of those backing the cartoon exhibition and should give everyone great cause for concern. As a consequence, our opposition to the cartoon exhibition is not an attempt to curtail free speech but to prevent a clear incitement to violence.

“Let us be clear: criticism of Islam is perfectly acceptable, as it should be of all religions. We should be able to criticise, denounce, mock and satirise. Freedom of speech and freedom of expression is an important part of any democracy and is an integral part of our cultural history,” says HOPE.

“But with that freedom comes responsibility for our actions, for harm: it has its limits. We oppose this cartoon exhibition on the grounds of incitement.

“But let us also be clear: if the exhibition goes ahead then we will encourage everyone to ignore it and show their opposition in a more constructive, positive and unifying way.”

Link to report: http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?eid=c943edb2-0d73-4d9c-98c1-8e27e5e89fee