I agree that for a lot of Muslim's in Britian they choose to live in communities mainly in built up areas, so they often feel isolated from the wider community. But then imagine that you decided to Australia or South Africa for example. Do you choose to go and live in a "White" neighbourhood or a "Black" neighbourhood? I bet most White people would choose to live with people that can speak the same language and have similar cultural idealogies! However, I am talking about Islamaphobia from a societal level. In the 1950's and 1960's we as a counrty actively encouraged people from other countries to come here as migrant workers, paid them pefectic wages, gave them jobs that were demeening, poor housing conditions etc etc. Racism was entrenched in our society (even the Irish would end up in slum conditions). That racism, whether overt or covert has been passed down generations. I know I still hold some racist views, because they were entrenched in me, by my parents and grandparents (however I like to think that I am trying to address these feelings etc). Racism and prejudices of other types (such as Islamaphobia) easy get intermingled with one and other. Having worked as a community worker in the past, I have seen extremism on both sides, (as well as moderates), so I think it is too easy for you to blame "them" and not "us"!

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