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Muslim Group Applies to Protest Royal Wedding

   VOA News  April 19, 2011
   Demonstrators from "Muslims Against Crusades" (file photo)

Photo: Reuters

   Demonstrators from "Muslims Against Crusades" (file photo)

   London police say a Muslim anti-war group has been denied permission to
   protest outside Westminster Abbey when Prince William marries Catherine
   Middleton there on April 29.
   The group Muslims Against Crusades (MAC) had their application denied
   Tuesday, but are in talks with authorities to hold their protest in
   another location. The group calls Prince William one of the biggest
   advocates of British imperialism, and accuses him of "direct
   involvement with the murderous British military."
   Prince William is an officer in Britain's Royal Air Force.
   If MAC is not allowed to protest, it has threatened to turn the day
   into what it called a "nightmare." Meanwhile, the English Defense
   League, a group that campaigns against radical Islamists, has requested
   a permit to hold a counter-demonstration if the MAC protest gets
   approval.
   The possible competing protests are just a single component of the
   security issues in the run-up to the royal wedding. Some 5,000 officers
   will be on duty the day of the marriage.

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