from Christian Today
A ‘Walk with Jesus’ march through a predominantly Muslim part of London has been banned by the Metropolitan Police over concerns that it will lead to “violence and serious disorder”.
The march was due to take place in Whitechapel, in the London borough of Tower Hamlets, on 31 January.
“Join our parade in Whitechapel worshipping Jesus Christ on January 31, the month dedicated to the holy name of Jesus,” an advertisement read.
It is the second time the Met have intervened after a planned march in the area by UKIP last October was forced to relocate to central London.
That planned march prompted groups of mostly men, many of them masked and wearing black clothes, to stage a counter-demonstration pledging to “defend their community”. According to media reports, chants of “We will honour all our martyrs” and “Allahu akbar” could be heard, as well as “Zionist scum off our streets”, prompting concerns from the Jewish community.
Reform leader Nigel Farage – a founding member of UKIP and twice leader of the Right-leaning party – responded to the counter-demonstration at the time by saying it was “one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever seen in my whole life”, and accused police of “caving in to Islamists”.