A rally held by the UK’s far-right Islamphobes has been countered by hundreds of protesters in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh.
The joint demonstration by the Scottish Defense League (SDL) and English Defense League (EDL) was aimed to “stop the Islamization of the United Kingdom.”
But the protesters voiced opposition to the anti-Islam demonstrators and rapped them as fascists.
Both groups faced off at Edinburgh’s City Chambers but a large number of police forces formed a buffer zone between the two to prevent any clashes.
Rafał Pankowski, a member of the Never Again group in Poland, said the far right had been trying to mobilize members of the Polish community in the UK against their Muslim neighbors.
He referred to Jacek Międlar, 28, an antisemitic priest, and his fellow activist Piotr Rybak who organized the event.
“Jacek Międlar and Piotr Rybak are well known as extreme hatemongers. They intended to promote their hateful message to…