“In a striking blow against freedom, the British government has banned us from entering the country,” Geller wrote on her blog.” In not allowing us into the country solely because of our true and accurate statements about Islam, the British government is behaving like a de facto Islamic state. The nation that gave the world the Magna Carta is dead.”
Tommy Robinson, left, the leader of the far-right group, English Defence League leader, with EDL supporters outside The Queens Arms public house in Woolwich, south east London, following the hacking death nearby of a soldier by a man condemning the killing of Muslims by British soldier.
Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer had planned to speak at far-right march honoring slain soldier.
The British government has banned two prominent U.S. anti-Islam bloggers who had planned to enter the United Kingdom to speak at a far-right rally, the Home Office said Wednesday.
Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, co-founders of Stop Islamization of America, were planning to appear at a march by the far-right English Defence League in Woolwich, the site in southeast London of the hacking death of a British solider in May.
On their blogs, Geller and Spencer posted copies of a letter from the British Home Office issuing the ban.
A government spokesman said individuals whose presence “is not conducive to the public good” could be excluded by the home secretary, the BBC reported.
“We condemn all those whose behaviors and views run counter to our shared values and will not stand for extremism in any form,” he added.
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