Ask a Brummie

[dahrling]

I've only met very few Muslims, but never one that was secular. Do they abide by any of the Pillars? 

I don't know much about the pillars, but if you mean my Iranian associates I'm not sure. They do practice, but it's not like they follow all the rules strictly. They're very western. My friend from school is a girl and she's never covered her head apart from when she goes to mosque. That's how Iran was before the Shah was overthrown though, he tried very hard to secularise and westernise Iran.

I find it's (usually) the Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities that are more conservative. They are the ones who are more likely to have the defensive "I'm offended!" complex when you call them out for their bullshit that is, in itself, offensive.

How did such these two communities come to settle in the U.K?
I mean, are they mostly in the country illegally, are they mostly asylum seekers, or are they legal immigrants who are skilled in something?