Narrating over the footage he describes the moments after the deadly attack - when horrified commuters fled the train and platform - as "bloody awesome". "Look they're like ants running away from one patriot. We have the power. There he is by himself, he won the battle. One patriot versus a thousand left wing unwashed scum. Bring on July 18, Melbourne, Parliament House, 1pm." The disturbing video, which has since been removed, has prompted a call to abandon a counter rally organised by No Room For Racism which has been planned to thwart the UPF demonstration. Mo El-Leissy, an Islamic community worker and trained imam, issued a warning to stay away from Saturday's rally, saying the video incited violence. "It has raised the level of concern in the community about having Muslims especially attend the counter rally, knowing that these people glorify violence against anti-racism campaigners, but also have quite adverse views towards Islamic people," he told ABC Radio on Tuesday morning.

"These are people that do border on Nazism and Fascism and we just think it's not appropriate for us to be face to face with these people." But Yarra councillor Stephen Jolly confirmed the counter rally would go ahead as planned, saying Mr El-Leissy's views were not shared by the vast majority of anti-racism protesters. "It's definitely on," Mr Jolly said. "There's going to be large numbers of people, not just the usual suspects, but people from the Islamic community who are on the front line of this Islamophobia." Mr Jolly said he met with police on Monday to discuss security measures at the rally and was reassured of protesters' safety.

"That meeting strengthened my belief that this will be a peaceful rally and that there will be no face-to-face contact between the thousands of people who turn up to the anti-racist rally and the tiny handful of neo-Nazis who will be kept well away," he said. "It will be a very safe. My 17-year-old daughter will be coming with me." Premier Daniel Andrews on Tuesday defended people's right to express their views as long as they were lawful and done so with a sense of decency. "People can put a lawful view, people can protest but it needs to be peaceful, and lawful and orderly," Mr Andrews said. The Premier said Victoria proudly has the best set of anti-discrimination and vilification laws in the world.

The United Patriot Front broke away from Reclaim Australia earlier this year and while it is a relatively small group it is considered far more extreme in its racist views. Fairfax Media last week reported it had aligned itself with the Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, which was founded by Holocaust denier Nikos Michaloliakos. UPF's Neil Erikson pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court in February 2014 to stalking after he abused a Melbourne rabbi in a series of anti-Semitic phone calls. He has previously featured in a video on the group's Facebook page alongside Australia First Party chairman Jim Saleam, who was jailed in the 1990s over a shotgun attack on the home of an African National Congress representative. UPF leader, former Reclaim Australia member Shermon Burgess, runs anti-Islam Facebook page The Great Aussie Patriot, which has more than 22,000 followers and is promoted as forum for "speaking out against radical Islamism and left wing Australiaphobes".

Anti-extremist protesters from No Room For Racism faced off against the UPF at a protest outside Richmond Town Hall in May. That clash saw about 70 supporters of the far-right group outnumbered by hundreds of counter protesters, and one man was charged with weapons offences after being caught carrying a knife. Victoria Police Commander Brett Guerin said there would be a police presence at the rally, which is expected to draw large crowds.



"Victoria Police respects the right of the community to express their views peacefully and lawfully, but will not tolerate those who break the law.



"We are aware of commentary on social media and we will be checking the veracity of this information." A spokesman for the Attorney-General's Department said it was a criminal offence to urge violence against groups based on race, religion or ethnic origin. "It is absolutely unacceptable and simply won't be tolerated," he said. "The Australian Government is constantly assessing reports and referring content to online service providers or the Australian Communications and Media Authority for take-down where necessary."

The spokesman said illegal or offensive material should be reported to the Report Online Extremism tool. With Richard Willingham