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Two of UKIP’s election candidates have been filmed spouting anti-Islamic hate at a far-right rally.

Magnus Nielsen and Anne Marie-Waters were guest speakers at a weekend event organised by Mothers Against Radical Islam And Sharia – MARIAS – which has close links to groups like the English Defence League.

The Mirror’s footage shows Mr Nielsen, who is standing in the marginal North London seat of Hampstead and Kilburn, openly telling the audience Britain is “at war with Islam”.

Ms Waters, who hopes to become MP for Lewisham East, South East London, was also filmed telling an undercover reporter “a lot of people need to be deported” and “many mosques need to be closed down”.

The revelations come just hours after UKIP policy chief Suzanne Evans claimed the party “was not anti-­immigration” at its manifesto launch.

UKIP bans its members from being formally involved with far right wing organisations and has claimed it is not a party of racists.

Yet activists from fascist groups were welcome to come and hear the UKIP speakers at the MARIAS gathering in Westminster on Saturday.

MARIAS leader Toni Bugle recorded a video message to online followers days before, which said: “On April 11, between 12.30 and 1, Downing Street, MARIAS, be there.

“I don’t care what you are, I don’t care if you’re Britain First, I don’t care if you’re English Defence League, I don’t even care if you’re National Front.”

In another video she said “no matter who you are affiliated with, can stand together under one umbrella.”

During his 15-minute rant at the event, Mr Nielsen said: “This country has been at war with Islam since Islam was created 1,300 years ago.

"In fact, Islam has been the enemy of every democratic and free society ever since. And it’s gaining strength.

“And it’s not just a question of burning people or cutting their heads off, it’s an insidious movement to infiltrate all the organs of government.”

In further footage, Mr Nielsen told our reporter of his plans should he overturn Labour’s majority of just 42.

He said: “I’d use the position, one of the primary things I’d do, I’d fight this situation, let the Muslims know they have to fight all the way along the line.”

His fellow wannabe MP Ms Waters pointed towards Downing Street as she told the crowd: “Use your vote wisely on the 7th of May and tell them, remind that lot over there your vote is still bigger than the Muslim vote.”

And in further shocking ­statements to our undercover reporter, she shared her plans if she became an MP.

She said: “For a start the immigration will have to stop, the immigration from Islamic countries has to stop entirely, that is just the way it is.

“A lot of people need to be deported. Many mosques need to be closed down. It really has to get tough”.

UKIP failed to respond after being provided with details of the allegations.