1919 as well. I know it is in Britain since 1940, if not 1931. "Western culture" without full employment stinks far more than any "racism". An excellent piece. My hope now is that this paper will take a responsible line and not permit any comment to remain herein which would be instantly deemed unacceptable were it referring to Jews, Christians or a non-white ethnic group. Let's stop pretending bigots versus people of good faith constitutes a reasonable debate. Islamophobia is clearly defined by the Runnymede Trust. The potential consequences of unchecked racism are already written in the history books. Enough is enough. This is racism, but these racists are quick to forge that towns like Kalkan in Turkey are at least 80% English. I've actually met English people in France, Spain, Turkey and Portugal that still don't speak the language of the country they reside in. It seems to me that the situation Souymaya describes is simply the flip-side of Islamism. If you believe in an "essentialism" that defines and prioritises people by their religious belief - regardless of all the other factors that go to make up a human individual - and lump them together as "Muslims" or an "ummah" then surely you will automatically call into being its opposite - the "non-Muslims"? It seems to me the problem is in large part with the Islamists who'd seek to carve out a political career here or in Arab countries by creating and exploiting this kind of identity politics. On