I live in Halifax, England. The other day some al qaida types were arrested 100 yards from my house. Our kids play with their kids, then their kids go off to the islamic education centres ,that are dotted around the town, for extra tuition. I try to be open minded about things but there isn't too much lurv between our two communities at the moment.

"there isn't too much lurv between our two communities at the moment"

That's one of the reasons I see Europeans as being more reluctant to confront radical islam in general. The fact that there is a sizable community within your own neighborhood that "might" be a direct threat to yourself is frightening and makes you less likely to want to antagonize them.

In the 70's there were two groups in the area where I grew up that were openly violent - one of which had radical, fundamentalist christian ties (100 %caucasian), the other a seperatist ethnic group.

It's not pleasant growing up within a community where there is little trust between neighbors. Especially during difficult economic times.

Good luck to you and your profound locale.

radical islam is not as big of a threat as it's blown up to be. the religious nuts you have to worry about are the Christian fundies and bush.

It remainds me about something i saw on television about IRA sometimes they used torture to get information and there was someone who said that he had reported one of his neighbour that he know was not a member.