A gang of men given long jail terms after plotting to bomb an English Defence League rally in Dewsbury are to appeal.

The six are set to challenge their jail terms, saying they were treated more harshly than non-Muslim extremists.

The men were jailed for between 18 and 20 years for plans related to the June 2012 rally, in Dewsbury town centre.

Those behind bars are Omar Khan, Jewel Uddin, Zohaib Ahmed, Mohammed Hasseen, Anzal Hussain and Mohammed Saud, who were were sentenced in June last year at the Old Bailey.

Five of the men had taken a bomb, knives and sawn off shotguns to the rally.

The case raises the issue of what some lawyers have called a “Muslim surcharge” on sentences for this type of offence.

Khan, Uddin and Ahmed were sentenced to 19-and-a-half years in prison.

Hasseen, Hussain and Saud were given 18 years and nine months.

All of the men received an extra five-year extension to their terms “on licence”.

These were what are known as “extended sentences”, which means that the men will serve at least two thirds of their principal sentence in prison.

Once they are released, they remain on licence for the remainder of their prison sentence, and for the licence period.

Lawyers will argue that comparisons with prison terms given to non-Muslims found guilty of similar offences shows a persistent pattern of much lower sentences.

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