Police were today investigating a sign telling pet owners to stay out of an east London park because "Muslims do not like dogs". The warning, in Bartlett Park, Poplar, said: "Do not walk your dog here! Muslims do not like dogs. This is an Islamic area now."
It was today branded "unacceptable" and "provocative" by an MP who called in police after being alerted to the sign by a concerned dog walker.
Labour's Jim Fitzpatrick called on police to find out if it was put up by "religious zealots" or a far-right group such as the English Defence League (EDL).
"The question is whether it was put up by the EDL to be provocative or by religious zealots to be racist," the Poplar and Limehouse MP told the Standard.
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