Whats your experience with Muslim neighborhoods and Muslims in your country ?

[Fidel_Castronaut]

I'm friends with a lot of Muslims. I work with a guy who is Muslim and he's down to earth and engages in good banter.

My problem has never been with Muslims..it's with islam and the increasing segregation of communities that define themselves as 'Muslim' from wider society. Indeed my real problem is with increased social segregation per se in England and the rest of the UK (Northern Ireland is a special case), and the inability of parliament to confront it or address it in any meaningful way.

There's a distinct ghettoisation of social groups occurring here now, which has arguably been going on for over 50 years. 'Muslim' communities (and I hate hearing that definition because it's totally bogus) are just one of if not the most prominent example.

Bah. I didn't want to write an essay, but I'll pin my blame on a few issues.

1. Lack of town and City planning to accommodate new migrants who were flocking here after being invited To fill labour shortages
2. Failure of multicultural norms (not fact! Important distinction) to foster community cohesion (tag line here was 'a community of communities', which is contradictory to the aforementioned goal).
3. Failure to confront the causes and symptoms of extremism - widening social divide in terms of economics, health and education followed by inability to call a duck a duck.

Sorry!