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A man photographed at an English Defence League rally with a tattoo on his ribs of a mosque being blown up has been arrested on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred.
The 39-year-old man from South Shields, South Tyneside, was arrested following the protest in Birmingham on 20 July.
A man was pictured at the rally with a tattoo of a mosque with the word "boom!" on it.
Officers said the arrested man had since been released on bail.
Tattoos are ugly
Originally posted by DaTroof
1. Tattoos are ugly. Look at those guys trying to look mean with their colored skin... Uhh, wait.... That makes my head hurt.
2. Is that even real? Looks awfully dark (new ink) with no redness/swelling?
3. What exactly does a "mosque" look like? Is that supposed to be a specific mosque? Every mosque I've seen looks completely different, like every temple or cathedral.
Firstly, I can't believe someone would get that tattoo done, it's absolutely rubbish and isn't really the smartest thing to have permanently daubed onto your body.
But more importantly, I can't really believe someone has been arrested for putting a very childish cartoon esq tattoo onto their own body.
Where do the police go with this from here?
Originally posted by dominicus
I predict there will be a HUGE revolution against the Gov there one day. Just combine all the soccer fans into one giant people's army, and go take your Gov back
Originally posted by OtherSideOfTheCoin
This I agree with it does seem a little harsh on first glance but if you think about the message behind it to any Muslim who looks at that tattoo, it says "I want to or would support your mosque being blown up". If he were to have walked up to a Muslim and said, seriously, I want to blow up your mosque. That would be solid grounds for arrest for inciting racial hatred (racial includes religious under UK law). For that reason I think he should be arrested.
Originally posted by bates
Arrest over mosque blast tattoo seen at Birmingham EDL rally
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A man photographed at an English Defence League rally with a tattoo on his ribs of a mosque being blown up has been arrested on suspicion of stirring up racial hatred.
The 39-year-old man from South Shields, South Tyneside, was arrested following the protest in Birmingham on 20 July.
A man was pictured at the rally with a tattoo of a mosque with the word "boom!" on it.
Officers said the arrested man had since been released on bail.
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The soccer hooligans and EDL lunatics are a very extreme minority. After the death of Lee Rigby, the far right had a surge of support from imbeciles across the country incapable of holding a logical opinion about anything.
Pew Research (2007): 35% of young Muslims in Britain believe suicide bombings are justified
Populus Poll (2006): 16% of British Muslims believe suicide attacks against Israelis are justified.
37% believe Jews in Britain are a "legitimate target".
BBC Poll: 1 in 10 British Muslims support killing a family member over "dishonor"
Originally posted by charles1952
Would he have been arrested for a tattoo that showed a pig entering a Mosque? For a respectful drawing of Muhammad? For carrying a sign with either of those images? How about a sign saying "No Sharia in Our Great Country?" I expect he would be arrested in each of those circumstances.
Originally posted by charles1952
reply to post by Pinke
Wouldn't a portrait of Mohammed be seen as inciting violence?
I thought the Dutch cartoonist was killed over that.