Muslim protesters at a military homecoming in Luton The BBC has learned that four specialist national police units are investigating the EDL, including detectives with a background in watching hooliganism - but also extreme violence and terrorism. In 1882, when Dicey's so-called age of ‘Individualism’ was over and the high tide of laissez-faire was receding, there emerged for die first time in Britain a thoroughly dogmatic pressure group for extreme laissez-faire. Online support for the EDL has soared since the murder of Lee Rigby. English Defence League (EDL), grundat 27 juni 2009 i Luton i England, är en högerextrem [1] rörelse som motsätter sig vad den uppfattar som spridandet av islamism, sharialagar, islamistisk terrorism och invandring i England. But the emergence of the English Defence League is worrying many people - not least because it's very difficult to work out who they are. The English Defence League (EDL) emerged in 2009 as a mass street protest movement able to attract supporters in the thousands to demonstrate against ‘Islamic extremism’ in towns and cities across the UK. The Scottish Defence League (SDL) is a far right organisation based in Scotland, and connected with the English Defence League.. Its best publicists are the far left, particularly trade union groups, the Anti-Nazi League and Unite Against Fascism, whose posters have given this small group a fame beyond its numbers.It is not a political party. This was the Liberty and Property Defence League. Ben Gidley ▪ June 24, 2010 . The English Defence League (EDL) is a group of racist thugs and football hooligans with links to the Nazi British National Party (BNP). The English Defence League (EDL) is an Alt-Right Islamophobic British hate group founded by former BNP member Tommy Robinson for the purpose of "defending" the British public against Islam. The English Defence League (EDL) is an English organisation that describes itself as "a human rights organisation concerned about how non-Muslims are being marginalised as sharia norms become increasingly embedded in our society" that is "peacefully protesting against Militant Islam.". Gaia was in attendance, and sends the following report: The main topic of his talk was a future relationship between the EDL and the British Freedom Party, which recently elected Paul Weston as its chairman. Channel 4 News investigates. In practice, it is a motley rabble of neo-Nazis, other bigots and football hooligans. The English Defence League (EDL), along with its offshoots in Wales and Scotland (the Welsh and Scottish Defence Leagues) appeared in the spring of 2009. Three-quarters of Britons (74%) who think that they know enough about the English Defence League to form a judgement about it believe that the organisation is motivated by racism.

Robinson previously founded the European Defence League, as well as being co-founder and spokesman of the EDL.