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JI7

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Mon Oct 13, 2014, 03:57 PM Oct 2014

London’s 'SuperJews' Praised for Protecting Muslims

< group of crime-fighting Orthodox Jews in north London has won international praise after adapting their tactics to protect local Muslims from attack.

The group was called upon by local councillors in Hackney, north London, following the murder of soldier Lee Rigby by Islamic extremists in the British capital in 2013.

“There was a spike in anti-Muslim hate crime. All over England, mosques were being firebombed,” explained Shulem Stern, a young man sporting the “payot” haircurls and “kippah” skullcap associated with the Haredi faith.

“The councillors thought: ‘We’ve got Shomrim in the local area, why don’t we use them’?” They continue to protect local mosques as Muslim communities across Britain are back in the spotlight following the rise of the Islamic State organisation in Syria and Iraq.

“In many ways they’re a really well organised neighbourhood watch,” explained police Superintendent Andy Walker. “They are very much the eyes and ears of the police.”

However, Stern insisted there was nothing remarkable about their work. “The local Muslims and local Jewish people do so much business together. In religious aspects as well there are loads of similarities,” he said.>

http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/europe/46977-141012-london-s-crime-fighting-jews-praised-for-protecting-muslims

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