David Cameron, has expressed deep concern about a rising wave of extremism in Britain
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London: A black flag, bearing white Arabic inscriptions similar to those flown by ISIS militants was mounted at the entrance of a housing estate in Canary Wharf’s East London early this week.
Surrounded by an array of Palestinian slogans and flags on the arched gateway of the Wills Crooks estate on Popular High Street, the flag has generated considerable attention. The flag bears markedly similar writing to Jihadi flags used by an extremist Islamic State group in Iraq, and other Jihadi groups throughout the Middle East since the 1990s.
'Isis' flag flown in east London: http://t.co/A65VRgUc3L
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 7, 2014On the question of whether the flag bore the Islamic State (formerly ISIS) symbol, a local man emphasized “it’s just a flag of Allah.” Another man, also present, reportedly added, "so what if it is?" A local man on the scene told a news organisation that the flag had been flying for several days. “People were taking photos of it last night," he said.
On Friday morning, that the force has received several queries relating to the flag flying in East London. But she added that so far the Met has received no concrete complaints. While the Dutch government has outlawed the display of Islamic State flags in public areas, they are not officially illegal in Britain.
— Robin Simcox (@RobinSimcox) August 8, 2014
The Defence Secretary said it was “extremely inappropriate” to fly an Islamist "jihadist" flag in the UK, especially at this time. Similarly, Al-Qaeda and Islamic State flags were displayed by a group of Asian protestors in East London’s Blackwall tunnel in late July.
Prime Minister, David Cameron, has expressed deep concern about a rising wave of extremism in Britain. The PM has repeatedly called for the preservation and promotion of “British values” as a counterbalance to extremist Islamic undercurrents in British society.
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