A video recording of Muslim horsemen chasing people down the streets of Manchester, United Kingdom, has been generating massive attention on several social media platforms, including X. The footage also shows police officers stopping them, exchanging a few words, and then letting them go to continue intimidating others, sparking massive outrage online.
According to available information, the incident happened during rival protests organized by pro-Khamenei and anti-Iranian regime demonstrators on Thursday, 5 March. The two men on horseback are reportedly supporters of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who died on 28 February during the initial strikes of the US–Israeli military operation launched against Iran.
They probably did not realize, or simply did not care, that they were no longer in a country governed by Sharia law when they decided to bring horses to the protest in order to chase down and intimidate anti-Khamenei demonstrators. As the two crowds clashed, these men charged at protesters carrying the pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flag with the Lion and Sun emblem.
That is already outrageous in itself, as we are not talking about Taliban Afghanistan but about one of the largest cities in the United Kingdom. However, what has sparked even greater outrage is the reaction of UK police, who basically just let them continue, according to the recording circulating online. Bystanders even asked police officers why the men were not being arrested. The answer reveals much about the current state of British authorities and how extremely submissive they are toward Islamists: ‘With the greatest respect, what do you want me to do? Pull him off a horse?’ one of the officers said.
The video was shared and commented on by millions of people from the UK and around the world. Many described British police as ‘cowards’ and ‘traitors’, highlighting the double standard they apply when harassing people for ‘online hate speech’ simply because they posted anti-immigration content on social media, contrasted with how they treat Islamist thugs.
The incident came just days after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted a Ramadan iftar event in Westminster Hall on 3 March, where he praised Muslims as ‘the face of modern Britain’, adding that they are ‘a success story when it comes to diversity’. Addressing hundreds of Muslim MPs, community leaders, activists, and guests, Starmer did not miss the opportunity to explain how ‘horrified’ he was by the ‘wave of hatred’ directed toward British Muslims, attributing it to ‘far-right rhetoric and misinformation’.
During the same event, Starmer also clarified that—despite the fact that one of the first targets of the Iranian regime’s retaliatory strikes was a British military base in Cyprus—London was not involved in the US–Israeli joint strikes and would not participate in offensive action against Iran.
His remarks, similarly to the current incident, sparked massive outrage among many British citizens, with numerous commentators describing the prime minister as an ‘utter disgrace’, accusing Starmer of being afraid of Muslims and of continuously pandering to them.
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