MR JUSTICE JOHNSON Approved Judgment Hegab v Spectator 26. By 16 September 2022, groups of Muslims and Hindus were arranging to congregate in Leicester. A narrative promulgated by a Muslim group was “We going to Land in Lesta Show these RSS Hindutva extremist not to mess with our Muslim and Sikh – women, children and elderly. Bring peace back to the area!...” A Hindu group was also organising a march “to protect our family and worship places. Together we can bring peace.” 27. On the evening of 17 September 2022, large groups of Muslim and Hindu men had to be kept apart by police cordons. Glass bottles were thrown by both sides. There was serious violence. Some police officers sustained significant injuries. 28. At 1.59am on 18 September 2022, CVB tweeted: “These Hindutva thugs marched through the streets of Leicester with weapons including knifes. They had 6 police officers trying to control 200+ of them at one point. What a shambles considering tensions been so high. Why weren’t they searched? They stabbed a lot of Muslims tonight.” The claimant’s actions on 18 September 2022 29. The claimant travelled to Leicester on 18 September 2022, arriving at about lunchtime. A video shows the claimant with Mr Dawah. The claimant asks Mr Dawah if CVB could be brought so he could tell them what was going on. He then made his way to a group of Muslim men, many wearing hoods and masks, who were facing a line of police and shouting, with chants and responses. Somebody (possibly either Mr Dawah or the claimant) says “I will tell them to stop causing trouble” and (repeatedly) shouts “brothers, move back”. The claimant has his back to the police, and is facing the Muslim men, and is apparently seeking to usher them back. Mr Dawah says, “if they come to us, then basically we will fight them, but right now they are not here; we need to be clever.” Somebody says, “you guys are from London, why are you lot calling the shots here.” The claimant gives a speech in which he said that they were seeing violence “from the Hindutva in this country” which was inspired by a fascist ideology which “had its inspirations from the same place as Adolf Hitler had his inspirations.” He said that there was a battle going on, involving “violent vegetarians”. Later, Mr Dawah is filmed talking to a man who complains about corruption within politics and the police (who he said were sponsored by a Hindu charity) such that “of course the brothers are going to take up arms”. 30. The claimant posted an image of himself on Instagram, walking down the street with a group of masked men behind him, with the caption “Muslim patrol in Leicester.” 31. The claimant made a speech to a large group of men, the vast majority wearing hoods and/or baseball caps and/or masks and/or balaclavas. One man was wearing a white skull face mask. The claimant said: “Who has seen the Hindutva today? [Man responds: “They are cowards”].