In Britain, a 75-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of planting a bomb near a mosque in Walsall on Saturday.
The homemade bomb exploded near the mosque that is in close proximity to almost 40 homes. Luckily, there were no causalities to the incident and the damage caused was minimal.
About 150 people were evacuated from the area following the discovery and kept away for several hours before being allowed back to their homes.
The 75 year old was arrested at his home in Walsall, Central England by counter –terrorism officers. He was taken under police custody, and his home was searched.
According to Superintendent Keith Fraser, from Walsall police, the incident is being treated as a hate crime.
A number of Islamist extremists are relating the incident to the death of a British soldier. This is because a number of Islamic centers and mosques were vandalized following his death.
On May 22, following a vicious daylight attack, a British soldier was killed in the London suburb of Woolwich. The soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans. In news unfolding from the event, two men, both of Nigerian descent were arrested and charged with the murder.
The British soldier, Lee Rigby, 25 was on slain as he walked near a military barracks in Woolwich, southeast London. He was a drummer in the 2nd Battalion of Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. He survived by a wife and a 2-year-old son. The incident has since spiked a number of anti-Muslim activities in the country.
In other news, two prominent American anti-Islam activists were banned from paying a visit to the country. The two, Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller were set to address a rally on Saturday of the far right English Defense League (EDL) in Woolwich, where the soldier was killed.
Britain’s home secretary responsible for interior affairs, Theresa May sent them a letter telling them that their presence would ”not be conducive to the public good.” The two are right wing bloggers and co-founders of Stop Islamization of America. The English defense League is a right wing group with strong anti-Islam learning. In the past, E.D.L supported the Stop Islamization of America association against the “Ground Zero Mosque,” which was a planned mosque and community center near the site of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.
The two were banned based on the fear that they would use their visit to repeat what were regarded as their provocative and unacceptable statements about Muslims that might lead to violence.
The ban followed a campaign by Britain’s anti-fascist Hope Not Hate movement against allowing the pair into the country.
All around England, there were attacks on the Muslim world following the soldier’s death. A mosque in the northern England town of Grimsby was firebombed, and the world “ISLAM” daubed in big red letters across the Royal Air Force Bomber Command Memorial in London’s Green Park. Another mosque in the English town of Redditch was broken into and daubed with Swastikas, racist slogans and the letters “EDL.”
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