or indifferent, to genuine engagement. Anne L Plurabelle : 31 Oct 2012 4:32:31pm Thank you for your comment but I must disagree on two levels. First the British fear of foreigners is central to why Muslims are having such a hard time integrating into Anglo orientated society, it is by no means peripheral. Even Australia, the rubbish dump of the motherland, for most of her existence feared being swamped by colonial races, that is the dark skinned ones. The other Empires like the French & German were designed to export and assimilate culture and value making the colonized French or German. The British Empire was designed to be a one way relationship with trade going out to the colonies as captive markets and none of the captives being allowed in to threaten English jobs. The English thrived on segregation and distain (it is worth noting that racial segregation was a British import into the Cape Colony) . When after the second world war the, coff coff, other races were allowed in to help cover the manpower gap the same fear came with them and exists to this day, albeit diluted and gradually attenuating. Which brings us back to the theme; Muslims are feared for racist not spiritual reasons in Anglo Celtic societies at least. It is a legacy of the fear in the captive market overtaking the master race unique to the British Empire. We dont hate refugees because of people smugglers it because we fear refugees taking our privilege.