the photograph shows saffiyah appearing to smile at edl leader ian crossland.face, but she was determined to be calm. i was just looking at the guy, and sometimes just the best response is to smile. were you actually scared when you intervened? am i afraid of the edl? i wasn't then, and i'm not now, and i don't intend to be. ian crossland hasn't yet commented today, but he did speak on saturday before the photograph was taken. it's not a demonstration against muslims, it's a demonstration against radical mu...|slam. around 100 people took part in the rally. the edl says it moved the protest from derby to birmingham because khalid masood, the westminster attacker, lived in the city. on a site claiming to be the edl‘s official facebook page, it said saffiyah had been "disrespectful, shouting during a minute's silence for victims of terror attacks and then being treated like a hero." saffiyah says there was no "one—minute silence". that's a really hurtful claim, because anyone that knows me, even not particularly well, or has just talked to me once or twice, can v