EDL Demonstrators in Preston Town Centre on Saturday 27th November, 2010, UK The English Defence League (EDL) is a far-right street protest movement which focuses on opposition to what it considers to be a spread of Islamism and Sharia in the United Kingdom. It describes itself as an anti-racist and human rights organisation.


The English Defence League holding a demonstration in Preston against a planned new mosque.


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Location: Market Square, Preston, Lancashire, UK
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