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L ondon has flourished recently in the East End district with a Muslim population, stickers proclaiming "gay free zone" (area closed to gays). Placed on buildings and lampposts located near gay establishments, these stickers convey a clear threat against the LGBT community: "Warning: Forbidden zone for gays. Fear Allah and his punishment is severe. "

The case was revealed by the site PinkNews to whom a local resident addressed photographs of these stickers. The media sees these messages signature group "Islam4UK" and " sign that Islam has not disappeared from the streets of London .

Peter Tatchell, famous LGBT activists across the Channel, revealed he made himself the target of attacks in the East End from young Muslims on several occasions, noting that " In all three cases, the attackers shouted religious slogans "and stating that his" friends LGBT Muslims live in the neighborhood are nervous and anxious. They are afraid and dare not reveal their sexuality. "

Another theory is that this campaign of intimidation could be the result of extremist groups such as the British Français Defence League, in order to "foment communal tensions" as suggested by Jack Gilbert, Co-Chair Hamlets LGBT Forum Rainbow.

The spokesman for the Borough Council indicated that the administration is appalled by such actions and take the problem seriously, " these incidents are treated by us as a hate crime in collaboration with the local police. "

Whatever the perpetrators of these hate messages, they show that we are far from the ideal of free movement of persons declared by the Schengen Convention. Where is past the notion of "space of freedom, security and justice" in this case? It is feared that what circulates better today, it is intolerance. We are all, in one way or another, the subhuman on someone else. Rather than bring us together to break this notion, it seems that the most common reflex is to perpetuate it against others. This method has proven itself in the hands of all extremism, without exception.