Ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson called a 'bigoted lunatic' for 'stirring up hatred'

Piers Morgan ripped into former English Defence League Leader Tommy Robinson as he accused him of being "a bigoted lunatic stirring up hatred" on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday, according to Mail Online.

The far-right activist prompted outrage after alleging the Finsbury Park Mosque of "creating terrorists" only an hour after people were mowed down nearby as they left evening prayers on Sunday.

Piers later wrote a column for Mail Online claiming that Robinson was a "notorious Islamophobe" whose "subliminal message was clear: "They deserved it".

And this morning the pair clashed before Morgan told Robinson to "Show some damn respect for people's religious beliefs" when he produced a copy of the Holy Quran.

Robinson became embroiled in a furious debate with the ITV presenters on the show.

Morgan told him: "You're sounding like a complete lunatic. You're sounding like a bigoted lunatic.You're stirring up hatred. You're being a complete disgrace."

Many viewers were left unimpressed by Robinson's appearance on the show and took to Twitter to share their anger.

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One wrote: "Tommy Robinson is the most despicable person Spewing hate and promoting Islamphobia . He is an embarrassment to the British Public".

Another added: "Tommy Robinson is an absolute fool, why he is even given a platform to share his racist views is beyond me."

Robinson said the mosque had created "radical jihadists" and was guilty of "promoting hate and segregation."

The 34-year-old also described the award-winning mosque, where hate cleric Abu Hamza once preached, as a "centre of hate".

His comments came just one hour after at least 10 people were hit by a white van near the Muslim Welfare House in north London, which is a yard from the Finsbury Park Mosque. One person is known to have died.

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In his Mail Online column, Piers Morgan later said: "He insists he's a man of peace who doesn't hate all Muslims. Yet the truth is he's a man of violence who is on the record blaming all Muslims for Islamist terrorism."

Vile rants by far-right extremists celebrating the Finsbury Park attack were circulating on Facebook and Google last night.

A video by Robinson, first published before the attack, was also circulated on Twitter yesterday.

In it, he said a "disgruntled, angry population" would "end up cleaning out this Islamic problem." Robinson, however, denies he was inciting hatred.