A Bengali woman in traditional dress watches as some 5,000 people joined an energetic and exuberant protest in Tower Hamlets

A Bengali woman in traditional dress watches as some 5,000 people joined an energetic and exuberant protest in Tower Hamlets east London Sunday 20 June, 2010 against racism and fascism.The march was organised in defence of the Muslim community. The racist English Defence League (EDL) had claimed it would invade Tower Hamlets to disrupt an Islamic conference. But strength of the response saw the EDL abandon its plans.

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Protest in Tower Hamlets east London against racism and fascism, 20 June, 2010.

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A Bengali woman in traditional dress watches as some 5,000 people joined an energetic and exuberant protest in Tower Hamlets

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