When market-trader Tina Gayle was banned from selling mugs featuring Knights Templar logos in a Loughborough Market, Charnwood Borough Council ruled that they were offensive to Muslims. A story in the Daily Mail reported that Gayle had “been previously been warned by the council for selling Nazi memorabilia”. A subsequent report said that the
How the Far Right Hijacked the Knights Templar, Who Were Sympathetic to Muslims
The red cross upon a white background, a symbol of the Knights Templar, now carries connotations of nationalism and hate by groups such as the English Defence League and terrorists far-right extremists including Anders Breivik.
