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English riots: London Olympics envoy, 18, faces charges over violence

Ives pictured with ex-England footballer Martin Keown promoting a community football project
A YOUNG Olympics ambassador accused of pelting cops with bricks in the London riots was shopped to police by her mum.
Chelsea Ives, 18, is one of the role models promoting sport in the run-up to the 2012 games.
But her horrified mother Adrienne, 47, spotted her on the TV news and called the police.
Ives was allegedly caught on camera hurling bricks at a police car in Enfield and caused more than s5000 of damage. She is also accused of leading a "frenzied" attack on a Vodafone store where she hurled a brick at a window.
Afterwards she allegedly told pals she'd had "the best day ever".
As an Olympic envoy, Ives has met games chief Sebastian Coe, Mayor Boris Johnson and visited the House of Commons.
She was also pictured with ex-Arsenal and England star Martin Keown promoting a community football project.
But yesterday, she appeared in court in the early hours of the morning among the hundreds charged following London's scenes of shame.
Prosecutor Becky Owen told Westminster Magistrates Court of the shop attack: "She was first to pick up masonry and hurl it at the window."
Ives, described as "a talented sportswoman", pled not guilty to two counts of burglary, violent disorder and attacking a police car.
She was refused bail and was remanded in custody until August 17, when she will appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates before being committed to the crown court.
Following the court appearance, Ives's mother said the decision to shop her daughter to police was "gut wrenching". But she added: "I had to do what was right. My husband and I were watching the news and it was absolutely sickening. And then we saw our daughter.
"I could not believe it. For a minute, we did not know what to do. But then what could normal, honest parents do? "How can you sit there and see that and say, 'That's OK'? We were watching people losing their homes and businesses.
"She won't thank us. I will be portrayed as a bitch - but what were we supposed to do?"
Violent race riot flared after mosque chief urged Muslims to confront right-wing ‘English Defence League’ protesters
Faces of anger: Some of the Asian youths who opposed protesters from the Right-wing English Defence League in Birmingham. The city’s top Muslim leader had urged his followers to ‘vent their feelings’
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The most influential Muslim leader in the West Midlands urged his followers to ‘vent their feelings’ against Right-wing protesters during a Birmingham  rally that ended in violent clashes and 90 arrests.

Birmingham riots: Top cop says dad's speech saved us from more violence

A HEARTFELT plea for peace from a dad just hours after his son was killed may have saved a city from further bloodshed, a top cop said yesterday.
West Midlands Chief Constable Chris Sims was speaking after a visit to the home of murder victim Haroon Jahan, 21, to meet his grieving father Tariq.
Mechanic Haroon was one of three men killed by a hit-and-run driver while helping to protect a mosque and shops from rioters in Birmingham.
Mr Sims said: “The intervention was one of the most powerful, generous and far-sighted I think I’ve ever seen – at a moment of absolute grief and devastation.
“I think it had a decisive impact in preventing Birmingham from suffering from tensions and violence between communities.”
Garage boss Mr Jahan had stood outside his home on Tuesday and said: “Blacks, Asians, whites – we all live in the same community. Why do we have to kill one another? Why are we doing this? Step forward if you want to lose your sons. Otherwise calm down and go home… please.”
Chief Constable Sims spent 10 minutes with Tariq in the terraced house yards from where his son and brothers Shazad Ali, 30, and Abdul Musavir, 31, were killed.
Car wash boss Shazad’s pregnant wife Khansa, 22, was last night said to believe the three men are now “watching over us”.
Shazad and Abdul’s sister Sumera, 25, said yesterday: “She is bearing up. She is saying they are lucky to go in this blessed month of Ramadan. The doors of hell are closed and straight away they will go to heaven to watch over us.”
Speaking of the relationship between her brother and his bride, she added: “They had so much love together, it was instant. There was a connection between them. I’m devastated the baby won’t be able to see its father. No matter how much affection we give, it isn’t the same as having a father.”
Chief Constable Sims went for a walkabout in Dudley Road, Winston Green, where the three men died, after meeting Mr Jahan. He added: “Those words were so powerful, so heart-felt, so spontaneous and generous.
“Anybody who felt there was any mileage in continuing a cycle of violence in the name of those young men who died would have thought twice about it.
“They have had a really powerful and enduring effect but will only take root if people really work to break down any community tension that still exists.”
Mr Jahan yesterday went to a local mosque where he met the parents of the brothers. Family friend Mohammad Ghalib, 59, said: “Tariq is a very brave man. He has shown great courage in stabilising the community, even though he has lost his son. Although he lost a loved one, Tariq has shown his commitment to the community by asking everyone to calm down and stay within the law.”
Mr Jahan joined hundreds of Muslims and Sikhs who staged a vigil and prayed together at the spot where the three victims were killed early on Tuesday.
Sikh community leader and organiser Gurpreet Singh, 28, said: “Muslims and Sikhs, two religions who are usually enemies, are coming together to pay respects to three men who died. We are showing the country peace is possible.”
Muslim Ansar Majid, 28, added: “We are doing this to send a message that we have to be united. The madness has to stop.”
Chief Constable Sims said 6,000 officers will patrol the West Midlands until police are satisfied the crisis is over. The force has arrested 360 people so far.
A 32-year-old man arrested in connection with the hit-and-run murders was last night bailed pending further inquiries. Three others, a man aged 26 and two male youths aged 17 and 16, all from Birmingham, were yesterday arrested in connection with the killings.

  

The  Violence Comes From The Mosque, as always:

Violent race riot flared after mosque chief urged Muslims to confront right-wing ‘English Defence League’ protesters

Faces of anger: Some of the Asian youths who opposed protesters from the Right-wing English Defence League in Birmingham. The city’s top Muslim leader had urged his followers to ‘vent their feelings’
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The most influential Muslim leader in the West Midlands urged his followers to ‘vent their feelings’ against Right-wing protesters during a Birmingham  rally that ended in violent clashes and 90 arrests.


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Birmingham riot flared after Muslims were urged to confront right-wing protests

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Birmingham’s top Muslim leader urged his followers to “vent their feelings” against anti-Islamic protesters during a weekend rally that ended in violence and dozens of arrests, The Times can reveal.

Muslims were encouraged by the Birmingham Central Mosque to counter-demonstrate during Saturday’s protest in the city, which was organised by the right-wing English Defence League (EDL). It is understood that Muslims were encouraged to confront the protest against the advice given by the West Midlands Police to community leaders to stop their followers from attending.

Mohammad Naseem, Birmingham Central Mosque’s chairman, considered to be the most senior community leader in the West Midlands region, told The Times yesterday that he encouraged members of his congregation to attend the rally, at which about 80 people were arrested, to express the Islamic community’s solidarity.

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The anti-racist guys just don't get it!! And so those with a radical Islamic agenda simply tag along!!


Dr Naseem’s advice came less than a month after Muslims of predominantly Asian heritage clashed with the EDL in Birmingham at another antiIslamic rally that led to 35 arrests.

He said the presence of Muslims at the weekend protest was an important stand against anti-Islamic fascists. “I think it shows that the community has got a sense of cohesion,” he added.

The police used their batons to subdue the violent crowd of more than 200 people, predominantly aged between 16 and 36, who threw bottles at each other and exchanged punches.

They could not stop the clash between the two groups despite initially containing them to two separate locations in the city. It is believed that half of those arrested were counter-protesters.

"Far-Righters" who support Israel - the world must be changing!

The Times understands that the West Midlands police received assurances from Muslim leaders during numerous meetings in the past two weeks that their community members would be discouraged from attending the protest, which the EDL had announced at the August 8 demonstration in Birmingham.

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“The police had a lot of engagement with mosques, youth workers and social workers, and a lot of work went on to encourage people to stay away and not attend,” police sources said. “But it is obviously difficult to stop kids going and their presence alone would be deemed provocative.”

Asked if it would have been a better idea to encourage Muslims not to attend the rally at all, Dr Naseem said: “The thing is, that is their right, I cannot say, ‘You don’t have this right’.”

But Dr Naseem emphasised that his followers were told not to attend the rally alone but to form allegiances with other counter-demonstrators such as socialist groups and members of other religious denominations.

He also said that Muslims were told to attend only after he was assured by police that protesters and counter-protesters would congregate at different locations.

He said: “If it was kept as originally intended, then everybody would have had a chance to give vent to their feelings without coming into contact with each other. And that I will take up with the police.”

West Midlands police stand accused of failing to manage the protest despite obtaining a Section 14 authorisation from the Home Office under the Public Order Act to arrest anyone who breached the conditions of the demonstration.

The order enabled the police to nominate the protest’s location, the maximum number of activists and the time length of the event.

But what was planned as a two-hour “stationary protest”, which could not be legally banned by the Birmingham City Council or the police, turned into a scene of chaos and disorder after the rival groups clashed.

Protesters were told to stay at Lancaster Circus while the rival rally was organised to take place at Old Square.

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It is understood that small pockets made up of 20 or so protesters and counter-demonstrators began to form away from allocated areas. It wasn’t long before the rivals began feuding and police began making arrests.

Birmingham City Council last night praised the police for their “successful” management of the event.

“Birmingham City Council fully endorses [the] action taken by the West Midlands Police on Saturday and will continue to work in partnership with the police, retailers and other partners to ensure the safety of Birmingham’s residents and visitors, and continue to support the retail economy,” a spokeswoman said.

But others, including Labour MP Khalid Mahmood, were not so complimentary and accused the police of failing to prevent the clash. “Police have had four weeks to plan for this but they have failed innocent members of the public in Birmingham city centre,” Mr Mahmood said.

“It has been a complete mess in terms of policing. The force needs to look at things at the highest level.

Violent race riot flared after mosque chief urged Muslims to confront right-wing 'English Defence League' protesters

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The most influential Muslim leader in the West Midlands urged his followers to 'vent their feelings' against Right-wing protesters during a Birmingham rally that ended in violent clashes and 90 arrests.
Birmingham Central Mosque chairman Dr Mohammad Naseem encouraged Muslims to counter-demonstrate during Saturday's anti-Islamic protest by the English Defence League (EDL).
The police had advised community leaders to stop people from attending, reported The Times.

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Faces of anger: Some of the Asian youths who opposed protesters from the Right-wing English Defence League in Birmingham. The city's top Muslim leader had urged his followers to 'vent their feelings'

Clashes: The English Defence League demonstration in Birmingham on Saturday

But Dr Naseem said it is not his place to discourage his followers from attending protests: 'The thing is, that is their right, I cannot say, "You don’t have this right."'

Troubled flared as the two groups of protesters clashed in the New Street area of the city centre, close to the main train station.

Terrified shoppers looked on in horror as gangs of men and youths hurled bottles at one another and pelted riot police with bricks.

Dr Naseem said that Muslims were instructed to not attend the rally alone but to team up with other counter-demonstrators including socialist and other religious groups.
He added that he had been assured by police that the EDL protesters and counter-protesters would gather in separate locations.
He said: 'If it was kept as originally intended, then everybody would have had a chance to give vent to their feelings without coming into contact with each other. And that I will take up with the police.'

Police officers hold back members of the public protesting during the event

Last month there were also clashes when the English Defence League - formed after British soldiers were abused by Islamic radicals at a homecoming parade in Luton - held a rally on the same day as the Unite Against Fascism group.
The latest disorder involved around 200 people and spilled on to Bennetts Hill, a street popular with shoppers and lined with a number of pubs.
English Defence League marchers were involved in running disturbances which lasted all afternoon before the Right-wing protesters were taken to another part of the city by bus.
Witnesses claimed the English Defence League marchers, many of whom had been drinking since the morning, ripped up seats on the journey away from the city centre.

English Defence League supporters hold aloft the flag of Israel and gesture to police as they are corralled into a subway following the demonstration

But some members slipped away from the police, clashing with more than 30 socialist protesters amid cries of 'Racist scum, out of Brum'. After an hour of angry skirmishes in the city centre, the situation deteriorated further after a group of Asian men also joined in.
Sarah Edwards had to duck into a cafe to avoid being caught in the violence.
She said: 'We suddenly saw what seemed to be about 200 Asian men running down the street, throwing bricks.

'They had bandanas over their faces and were shouting and screaming. We were so scared, we feared for our lives and had to run into the cafe so we wouldn't get hurt. It is so shocking to see this on our streets'
The English Defence League has claimed it is not racist, even saying it did not want any violence to happen at the pre-planned protest.

A man holds up a banner during the event, which was accompanied by a strong police presence 

A police officer restrains a man as the demonstration becomes violent

One protester from the league, Leisha Brookes, 42, said: 'We are simply protesting about the fact that if people come to our country, they should respect our laws.
'If an English person went to an Arab country they would be expected to dress appropriately, and all we are asking is for them to do the same.'
The league has planned protest marches in other cities, including one next month in Manchester.
Yesterday a West Midlands Police spokesman said all those arrested were male, aged between 16 and 39, and offences included criminal damage and violent disorder, including possession of an offensive weapon.
He added: 'A number of fixed penalty notices have been issued while the remainder have been bailed while further enquiries take place.'

Contained: English Defence League supporters are herded into a pub entrance

Birmingham City Council last night praised the police for 'successfully' managing the event.
But Labour MP Khalid Mahmood accused police of failing to prevent the riots.
He said: 'Police have had four weeks to plan for this but they have failed innocent members of the public in Birmingham city centre.
'It has been a complete mess in terms of policing. The force needs to look at things at the highest level.'