Muslims and the making of 'The Enemy Within' with Peter Oborne
The Thinking Muslim
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Muslims in Britain - Is Islam a Proxy for Racism?
Islam is taken probably, and I may be wrong here, Peter, but it's Muslims are far more strict in their adherence to the faith over probably your average Anglican. There's no question that secular liberalism or coercive liberalism, one might call it, he's Islam as a target. On the far right or even the moderate right, the conservative right is often hostile to Islam as a proxy for racism because there are so many Muslims in Britain who have brand skins. The Guardian stroke observer on the side of a state attack on a minority group on Muslims in East Birmingham - virtually nobody will stand up for them.
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