>Attendees can be seen waving the modern Iranian flag and photos of the Ayatollah, as well as slogans proclaiming ’no to Islamophobia‘ and ‚mosques are sacred places of worship‘.
>The vigil has been met with a large counter-protest waving flags of the US, Israel and the pre-1979 Islamic Revolution flag of Iran. They also carried photos of Reza Pahlavi, son of the last Shah of Iran.
Must be a bit awkward to be the guy showing up with a union jack.
Mobile-Stomach719 on
Why is this even happening in the UK. These people could always go back to Iran 🤷♂️
Obscure-Oracle on
Ayatollah vigil? What the actual fuck? I was under the impression Iranians came here fleeing their authoritarian government.
Adam-West on
Vigil wtf. I at least assumed they would leave enough plausible deniability to their protest to pretend it wasn’t celebrating him as a person
yubnubster on
Support the attack on Iran or oppose it.
But seriously wth are supporters of the Iranian regime doing here in this country? . Get the hell out.
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anangrywizard on
We were arresting old ladies for holding up a Palestine action flag because someone got a bit too excited and threw them under a terrorist group… But meanwhile supporting a nation that recently massacred its own citizens, provides support to Russia and other known terrorist organisations is fine?
Darrenb209 on
You know, maybe it’s just me, but I think there should probably be a line somewhere between the general tolerance that allows religious events and protests and allowing an event to actively show support for and openly mourn a man who had tens of thousands of people killed only a month or two back.
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Since people here have a problem with a vigil like this happening here I’ll leave a link here to illustrate a precedent for this type of thing
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>Attendees can be seen waving the modern Iranian flag and photos of the Ayatollah, as well as slogans proclaiming ’no to Islamophobia‘ and ‚mosques are sacred places of worship‘.
>The vigil has been met with a large counter-protest waving flags of the US, Israel and the pre-1979 Islamic Revolution flag of Iran. They also carried photos of Reza Pahlavi, son of the last Shah of Iran.
Must be a bit awkward to be the guy showing up with a union jack.
Why is this even happening in the UK. These people could always go back to Iran 🤷♂️
Ayatollah vigil? What the actual fuck? I was under the impression Iranians came here fleeing their authoritarian government.
Vigil wtf. I at least assumed they would leave enough plausible deniability to their protest to pretend it wasn’t celebrating him as a person
Support the attack on Iran or oppose it.
But seriously wth are supporters of the Iranian regime doing here in this country? . Get the hell out.
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We were arresting old ladies for holding up a Palestine action flag because someone got a bit too excited and threw them under a terrorist group… But meanwhile supporting a nation that recently massacred its own citizens, provides support to Russia and other known terrorist organisations is fine?
You know, maybe it’s just me, but I think there should probably be a line somewhere between the general tolerance that allows religious events and protests and allowing an event to actively show support for and openly mourn a man who had tens of thousands of people killed only a month or two back.
Since people here have a problem with a vigil like this happening here I’ll leave a link here to illustrate a precedent for this type of thing
https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/ww2-british-burials-with-nazi-flags/
Nazi servicemen received respectful funerals here in England during the war with swastikas draped in their coffins.
How is a group of Iranians mourning their leader worse than that?