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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

Sure, I was digressing a little but I think its important we look at the whole issue and its complexities. Perhaps if more people understood why many Muslims who were born and raised here, do not follow white British traditions and habits because of internal expectations, they would be a little more understanding... or is that expecting too much?!?!

This isn’t just about Muslims in Britain, this is about racism. When people rant on threads like this about a Muslims habits and traditions in 'OUR' country, they are not just ranting about Muslims but Hindus, Sikhs and Orthodox Jews, who all have different habits and traditions to us.

The rise in racism towards Muslims has been simmering on the back burner for some time in this country. With numerous wars in the Middle East, the 9/11 attack, the cold blooded slaughter of Westerners by ISIS and the more recent flood of Muslims fleeing their war torn land, its no surprise that the seeds of Islamophobia have grown into something that now resembles institutional racism. This isn’t about traditions, it isn’t about their habits, its about a peoples belief in something they believe as potentially evil and hugely damaging to our economy.

As our housing shortages worsen and unemployment figures rise, the press and other media sources (not all) have agitated that simmering pot of our discontent, not towards our capitalist greedy government but towards Muslim immigrants. When public statements are made and not criticized by certain newspapers; when racist sympathy isn’t balanced with Muslim sympathizers in the public eye, we risk it becoming socially expectable to oppress and discriminate an entire race of people.

You're not digressing you're confusing the issue, lot's of ethnic groups have cultural differences to ours and we don't make any allowances for anyone, Muslims aren't special
Personally I don't subscribe to the view it's simply good old fashioned racism either, I think the the abuse is Muslim centric due to the conflict between the west and ISIS.
We are looking warily at any and all Muslims yes, British and refugees due to the hysteria surrounding the terrorist threat. Could it breed vigilantes? yes, on both sides.