A large Muslim festival has been cancelled due to escalating racial tensions post Brexit. A number of groups such as pro-refugee organisation Refugees Welcome and anti-facist group Southampton AntiFa held a counter-demonstration in the same area on Saturday. Up to 2,000 people were expected to gather in East Park, Southampton, to celebrate Eid - the end of the holy month of Ramadan - today and tomorrow. But organisers the British Bangladeshi Cultural Academy have cancelled the event after far-right groups threatened to hold a protest in the city following the EU referendum vote. Posting on social media they encouraged demonstrators to 'join us to celebrate Brexit and an end to mass immigration'.

Source: The Star July 04, 2016 08:48 UTC