England is seen as a country of fish and chips and the high life of London. Financial skyscrapers tower over the country as the icons of the country. But there is a darker side to this country. England is use to the years of civil wars and political hatred. When an Englishmen doesn’t agree with something he takes matters into his own hands, such as Oliver Cromwell did in the 1600s to over throw the monarch. The similarly of Cromwell in todays England may be a hard connect to make but the passion is still there.

The English Defence League, is a group of Englishmen who are sick of seeing Muslims in there neighborhoods. Echos of 1800s and early 1900s America in regards to African Americans. Its human nature to fear that which you don’t understand. That is exactly what is going on in England with Muslims, but with good reason. Islamic extremist are standing on the streets shouting anti-British protest, that scares and threatens the public. The EDL is trying to keep the streets clean and safe. Stepping in were the police are not, but they become targets of the police themselves. It is a lose-lose situation from these men.

Though they don’t work the British people and just target Islam extremist they are sticking fear within the police and the general public, mostly because their background is unknown. They cause riots and lead attacks against the extremist the could damage to the cities, though that is not their goal.

I guess you can compare them to the KKK in the sense that they are against a group of people and go to extreme measures to drive them out and stick fear in them. But unlike the KKK the EDL is only concerned with the extremist, they do not care about everyday normal Muslim people living in England. Not much write up is on this group that seems to be gaining power and popularity in England. But it will be interesting to what happens next.