1989 Dewsbury riot

British Nationalist vs British Asian Muslim race riot November 2019 April 2020 The Dewsbury riot of 1989 was a minor clash between activists of the British National Party (BNP) and local Muslim youths of Pakistani and Indian origin. The police used riot gear in controlling the events. Background Dewsbury is a mill town in Yorkshire, England. After World War II, it attracted large numbers of immigrants from Pakistan and the Gujarat area of West India. In 1982, the Markazi mosque was built in the Savile Town area to serve the town's Islamic community.http://www.zmo.de/muslime_in_europa/ergebnisse/reetz/index.html Muslime in Europa 19 March 2008 29 August 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090829203305/http://www.zmo.de/muslime_in_europa/ergebnisse/reetz/index.html dead The number of Muslims in Dewsbury, especially Savile Town and Ravensthorpe, grew steadily as it gained a reputation as an Islam-friendly community in Britain. Riot Over a period of months in early 1989, an increasing number of white parents in the Savile Town area withdrew their children from the local school, which had become 80% Asian.Anti-Fascism in Britain Copsey Nigel 2016 Routledge 9781317397618 In June, the BNP organised a rally to support these parents, whose behaviour was both controversial in the media and illegal under English and Welsh law. Tim Hepple, a BNP member with a history of violence, who was later revealed as an undercover agent,https://www.independent.co.uk/news/informer-exposes-neo-nazi-football-gangs-tim-hepple-who-infiltrated-the-british-national-party-after-1459707.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/informer-exposes-neo-nazi-football-gangs-tim-hepple-who-infiltrated-the-british-national-party-after-1459707.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Informer exposes neo-Nazi football gangs: Tim Hepple, who infiltrated the British National Party after a decade as a football hooligan and neo-Nazi activist, says a new more violent group, Combat 18, is behind many racial attacks, Tim Kelsey reports Kelsey Tim 7 August 1993 18 April 2020 The Independent is said to have organised the rally.171 Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity Goodrick-Clarke Nicholas 2001 NYU Press 9780814732373 The rally, in the centre of Dewsbury, was met with a small group of counterdemonstrators from Kirklees Black Workers' Association, but later, a group of around 800 Muslims gathered after rumours that the BNP were planning to burn the Qur'an in public. Heavy-handed policing forced the group of Muslims back to Savile Town, which led to fighting and the burning of the Scarborough pub in the area. Many Asian market holders in the centre of Dewsbury reported that they were abused by BNP activists since the police were diverted to Savile Town. Fifty-eight people were arrested, most of whom were Muslim. Prison sentences ranged from three months to three years. Two police officers were injured. Legacy The segregation of schools in Dewsbury and the claims by some white parents that they had a "right" to withdraw their children from school have been studied very widely by educationalists.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369183X.1989.9976133?journalCode=cjms20 Tomlinson Sally Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 461–469 1989 15 3 Education and Training 10.1080/1369183X.1989.9976133 22 April 2020 subscriptionhttps://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/jlsocty20&div=27&id=&page= 1993 20 2 Loveland Ian Journal of Law and Society Racial Segregation in State Schools: The Parent's Right to Choose 341–355 10.2307/1410311 1410311 22 April 2020 subscriptionhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0141192960220504 2006 22 5 Bagley Carl British Educational Research Journal 569–580 Black and White Unite or Flight? The racialised dimension of schooling and parental choice 10.1080/0141192960220504 22 April 2020 subscriptionhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0305498970230106 Tomlinson Sally Oxford Review of Education 63–76 1997 23 1 Diversity, Choice and Ethnicity: the effects of educational markets on ethnic minorities 10.1080/0305498970230106 22 April 2020 subscriptionhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0268093920070501 2006 Vincent Carol Journal of Education Policy 429–443 7 5 Tolerating intolerance? Parental choice and race relations - the Cleveland case 10.1080/0268093920070501 22 April 2020 subscriptionhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0042098007087335 Carling Alan Urban Studies The Curious Case of the Mis-claimed Myth Claims: Ethnic Segregation, Polarisation and the Future of Bradford 10.1177/0042098007087335 45 3 2008 553–589 144764407 22 April 2020 subscription In 1990, there were some similar cases of white parents' withdrawing their children from schools in nearby Wakefield, which has a much smaller Asian community; these cases are often covered by the same studies as the Dewsbury withdrawals. A report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in October 2017 mentioned how Dewsbury had become a town divided by religion. Quoting figures from the 2011 Census, the report estimated Dewsbury as a whole as 44% Muslim and Savile Town in particular as 93% Muslim.Hirst Andy Rinne Sinni October 2017 Research Report: Pilot evaluation of Kumon Y'all befriending project Equality and Human RIghts Commission https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/prejudice-unlawful-behaviour-anti-prejudice-projects-kumon-yall.pdf UK 5–6 There have been two further minor riots in Dewsbury: one between Kurds and Pakistanis in 2007, and one between Hungarians and Pakistanis in February 2008.http://www.thepressnewspaper.co.uk/NewsDetails.asp?id=1169 The Press - The Intelligent Weekly. 19 March 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20090304022025/http://www.thepressnewspaper.co.uk/NewsDetails.asp?id=1169 4 March 2009 dead See also Sectarian violence References 2 Dewsbury race riots Category:1989 riots Category:2007 riots Category:2008 riots Category:Dewsbury Category:Islam in England Category:Race riots in England