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What group did Tommy Robinson help form in 2004?

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In 2004 Tommy Robinson helped organize a demonstration against local Muslims and formed a group called Ban the Luton Taliban. He said local Muslims were recruiting men to fight for the Taliban in Afghanistan. In 2009 the group grew into the English Defence League, a national organization that organized protests across Britain and received major news coverage. Robinson announced that he was leaving the English Defence League in 2013.