Although the mayor of Brussels had not allowed a protest against "the Islamisation of Europe" to happen on the 11th, still protesters showed up. Among the 154 people arrested were two spokesmen of the far-right party Vlaams Belang and two members of the European Parliament.

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* The organisers of the protest had said many would join them, but eventually only about 200 people showed up and they were, according to BBC, "nearly outnumbered by police and reporters".

* The origins of the "Stop Islamisation of Europe" organisation which organized the protest, as can be read on their website:
"Stop Islamisation Of Europe (SIOE) is an alliance of people across Europe with the single aim of preventing Islam becoming a dominant political force in Europe. It originated with the joining of Stop Islamificering Af Danmark (SIAD), a political party dedicated to stopping the Islamisation in Denmark, with a loose association of people in England, whose rallying cry is “No Sharia Here”, who want to maintain English law and want to stop the creeping growth of sharia law in England. SIOE is growing in Europe with the amalgamation of similarly minded groups."

* Also on their website: "SIOE condemns racism as the lowest form of human stupidity, but considers Islamophobia to be the height of common sense." "SIOE finds the concept of “moderate” Muslims difficult because of the Islamic practises of Taqiyya and Kitman which are designed to deceive and mislead non-Muslims in order to promote the ascendance of Islam over any other religion and political system." and "No more mosques until we see churches in Mecca."