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Andrew Higgins and Carrick Mollenkamp
"Soon after last year's suicide attacks here, officials in Walthamstow, a shabby east London neighborhood, joined with the area's biggest mosque and a privately run Islamic youth center to try to counter the appeal of extremism. They organized a big party with live music and free food for around 500 local Muslim youth. The event, which organizers named "Defending Da Hood," was held in the town hall and attended by police and politicians. It was a testy affair. The mosque's preacher stalked out in protest at music he considered un-Islamic. A radical Islamic group gate-crashed and harangued attendees ..." [Sub Required]
See also: Threat of ‘soldiers of extremism' shakes London gym http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060814.wbomb-gym15/BNStory/Front
