'Leaflets Trouble' by anti-Straw group outside Blackburn mosque
Alex Martindale | 26.03.2005 11:57 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles
A group of muslim campaigners were assaulted in Blackburn yesterday when distributing leaflets urging people not to vote for Jack Straw in the upcoming general election.
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The text of the article published today in the Lancashire Evening Telegraph:
"Leaflets trouble"
POLICE are investigating claims by leafleters handing out anti-Jack-Straw flyers outside a Blackburn mosque that they were set upon by Muslim worshippers.
The three men, from political steering group Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC), were outside the Bicknell Street mosque when trouble flared yesterday at 1.30pm.
"Leaflets trouble"
POLICE are investigating claims by leafleters handing out anti-Jack-Straw flyers outside a Blackburn mosque that they were set upon by Muslim worshippers.
The three men, from political steering group Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC), were outside the Bicknell Street mosque when trouble flared yesterday at 1.30pm.
Alex Martindale
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ale@turgidnet.com
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