I live in the heartland of the Islamic faith and as I listen to the prayers from 4 local mosques, competing with each other like the play offs opponents, to get the Quran read, I can say that after nearly five years here I haven't seen any crime at all, been abused in any way or felt intimidated at all.
It's a fantastic place to bring up children, away from knife crime, drugs, alcohol, teenage pregnancy etc....sound familiar my fellow Britons?
I loved last Monday but can't deny some of the lewd, aggressive behavior left me shaking my head ,
It is said that Islam is the most violent religion by the ignorant, Syria is not a Muslim war, nor was Iraq or Afghanistan. Look beyond the headline. It's not so simple.