A group of vigilantes calling themselves "Muslim patrols" patrolled the streets in East London from 2013 to 2014.[1] The individuals were young Sunni Muslim men, members of an organisation that called itself the "Shariah Project".[2] Early in 2013, videos of their activities, filmed by members of the patrol, were uploaded online:[3] these showed hooded members confronting passers-by and demanding that they behave in an Islamic way.[4] They targeted prostitutes, people drinking alcohol, couples who were holding hands, women whom they considered to be dressed immodestly, and harassed others whom they perceived as being gay.[5][6][7] Five men were arrested in January 2013 as part of an investigation into the gang.[8] In December 2013, three of them pleaded guilty to affray, and were subsequently jailed.[9]
The Muslim East London Mosque community condemned the patrols as "utterly unacceptable"[10] In response to the attacks, British nationalist organisation Britain First established "Christian Patrols".[11]
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