Re: Is this Muslim in the minority?
Try, if you please, not to get too confused on terms and terminology.
The UK is a geographical and political entity, to identify as British (or Welsh etc. before that) a completely different ball game).
Most Britons identify as being from their country first of all. Those countries being Scotland, Wales and England. Heck they each even have their own football team.
How the hell is that an excellent point! Even if someone were to self identify as Scottish, Welsh etc. that is still a part of the UK:doh Moreover, the Scots recently voted to stay part of the UK.
The last time I looked, Muslim was a religion.
You have said nothing that contradicts, what I wrote. So, do those countries form part of the UK? Yes or No...
I get it, those that sympathize with hate preachers wouldn't be seen dead eating fish'n chips.
Guess that puts me under suspicion then.
do you actually read articles in their entirety from time to time. Or just what you feel supports your agenda?
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Looking at some of the attitudes on here, I would not be surprised if any more sensible address were not shreddered from the start. By application of the same anti-Muslim agenda one gets to see more and more.
If 45 pct, 51 pct or whatever higher percentage that suits the day and convenient agenda are put under general suspicion, I guess it won't be long before alienation of all of Muslims will have been completed. So to follow up on Nawaz's observation, you yourself are doing the opposite of what he proposes.
Where have I said I do not support those Muslims, standing against extremism? Actually, can you post links to those groups I'd be inclined to sign up and offer some much needed support. They have a fight on their hands for sure, considering the traction of extreme ideology sweeping large parts of the world.
It would be nice if you offered a 'single' source in support of what you're saying (I'm not even sure what it amounts too). I noticed sometime back you drew conclusions on something you thought could be 'implicitly' taken from my argument. I do not think the majority of Muslims in the UK are terrorists. What I do believe is the majority hold some very questionable beliefs; and those beliefs are counter to a free, tolerant and liberal society. I'll give you another example:
"Muslims in Britain have zero tolerance towards homosexual acts compared to their counterparts in France and Germany, according to a survey published today" [...]
"The most dramatic contrast was found in attitudes towards homosexuality.
None of the 500 British Muslims interviewed believed that homosexual acts were morally acceptable. 1,001 non-Muslim Britons were interviewed" [...]
Very alarming, wouldn't you say?
"She expressed concern that British Muslims were less happier and less "thriving" than Muslims overseas. "The British Muslim community is disproportionately unemployed."
Muslims in Britain have zero tolerance of homosexuality, says poll | UK news | The Guardian
This last bit should come as no surprise, if you've done any form of study on minority communities. Acculturation in the UK is in a woeful state. a multiculturalism that encourages policies on migrants own groups may hinder the development of social contracts across ethnic boundaries, lack of language skills is a particular hindrance' (Koopmans 2010, p.10). You only have to look at the numerous work by Ted Cantle et al: "notions that, 'early forms of multiculturalism spoke only to separate communities, separately and in effect maintained an essentialism of minority communities hindering dialogue with the majority community" (Cantle 2012, p.58). Moreover, many British Muslim attitudes towards integration were, 'staunchly neo-orthodox defining an incompatibility of Western values and Islam, with 70% of Muslim leaders wanting a dualism system of Religious Sharia law' (Joppke 2009, p.454).