Police arrested the leader of the far-right British National Party (BNP) on Tuesday after he was secretly filmed calling Islam «a wicked, vicious faith».
The arrest of Nick Griffin, one-time host of French National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, was warmly welcomed by Muslims, some of whom said the government should ban the BNP altogether.
Police arrested Griffin, 45, at his family farmhouse in Wales and took him to West Yorkshire, where officers are conducting a major probe into the activities of BNP members.
(reuters)