Janine Wiedel Photo Library - Documentary images

Annual Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day march in London on 04/09/2010 organized by the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) attracted counter-protests by the English Defence League London, UK...Around two thousand people, mainly Muslims, gathered at Marble Arch for the start of the annual march and rally. Among them were a group of ultra-orthodox anti-Zionist Neturei Karta and other small left-wing groups...Al-Quds day was initiated by the late Imam Khomeini of Iran as last Friday of Ramadan, as an expression of solidarity with the Palestinian people and of opposition to the Israeli control of Jerusalem, as well as more widely "a day for the oppressed to rise and stand up against the arrogant."

About 10,000 people march through central London on 18th September 2010 to protest the State visit of Pope Benedict XV1. The main issues were cover up of sexual abuse and the Catholic policy on birth control and use of condoms

This is 31st Muslim Procession of Arbaeen to be held in Central London. It marks the 40th day after the martyrdom of Imam Husain the Grandson of Mohammed who along with his family were brutally murdered in Karbala in 680AD. It has become the largest annual Muslim procession in the UK with around 5000 Shi'ites from a wide range of communities including Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Lebanon, taking part. The men take the lead chanting and beating their chest as a token of their sorrow and an end to the previous 40 days of mourning. The women mostly dressed in black follow separately in a tight group at the back of the procession. The main message is to fight oppression and to strive for freedom, justice and equality. The Arbaeen event in Kerbala was banned while Saddam Hussein was in power. Millions now attend.

10,000 pro Palestinian demonstrators marched through London protesting Israeli invasion into Gaza 3rd january 2009

Muslim protest against Salmon Rushdie following publication of Satanic verses which blaspheming of the Prophet Muhammad. London 1989 This is a small selection. For more go to "search" and enter keywords or contact me direct

Around 25,000 Sikhs marched to Trafalgar Square commemorating the 1984 massacre and attack on the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, north India. The Indian armed forces used 100, 000 troops to stormed the holiest Sikh shrine and attacked the temple complex. There were only 251 Sikhs inside. Operation Bluestar, had been personally approved by Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, with the aim to flush out militants who wanted an independent homeland of Khalistan. There has never been agreement on the numbers killed, but Sikhs say thousands were massacred by the Indian troops. Mrs Gandhi was assassinated four months later by her Sikh bodyguards. Following her death anti-Sikh rioting erupted in India which left about 3,000 Sikhs dead.

Fifteen thousand Sikhs from all over the UK joined together in London on Sunday to remember the 1984 massacre in the Amritsar Golden Temple in Punjab and to call for the formation of an independent Sikh state of Khalistan. In 1984 there was growing tension between the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the Sikhs in the northern state of Punjab. The Sikhs felt discriminated against by the Hindu majority. On 6th June, the Indian army attacked the Golden Temple with heavy artillery and tanks. This was timed to coincide with an important Sikh celebration and thousands of pilgrims were inside the Temple complex. The storming of the Sikhs' holiest shrine started months of attacks and retaliations which left thousands dead and many more thousands homeless. Eventually this ended with Indira Gandhi being assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards. Last Sunday there was a dignified march through central London led by five High Priests with ceremonial swords. It ended with a rally on the Victoria embankment where there were many moving and powerful speeches asking the Indian government to accept accountability for the massacre, and calling for the Sikhs' right to self-determination in their own home state, Khalistan.

Tamils Protest in London over Sri Lanks's concentration camps. 20th June 2009. Tens of thousands of Tamils have been killed this year and over 13,000 disappeared from internment camps.