I am surprised at the level of Islamophobia on Mumsnet

im daughter of Indian immigrants who are both very ”British”. they have integrated into this country’s culture and people, adopted their traditions (x mas etc) and don’t impose their views on others. Sadly I can’t say the same for Muslims. 2 of my best friends are Muslim (they are like sisters to me and are in my will to receive ££ should I pass) but we live very different lives. I’m engaged to a white guy and we have had some cultural clashes ( move in before marriage etc) but these are NOTHING compared to the demands the Quran makes of Muslims. I’m all for multiculturalism (obviously, I think I’m the perfect example) but that’s not the ethos of my Muslim cousins.

I love this country but scared for its future.

Yabu to be surprised

Totally agree op, its quite shocking the amount of posts I have seen lately!

I agree OP
I am not blind to some of the issues within Muslim communities but a lot of these are Cultural not religious. I live in an area with Muslim Communities and grew up in one - I know there are areas where I may not feel comfortable and where I grew up there were places that white people were not welcomed. I lived near and worked in Bradford during the Rushdie Fatwa era and saw the rise of more militant Islamism.
So I am not coming from this as someone who grew up in a leafy white suburb of Surrey or similar BUT I have been absolutely horrifed at some of the attitudes on MN, the fear people have of a religion that is actually MORE peaceful than Christianity in its purest sense.
I have recently returned to MN after a 6 month break and there is definitely a shift in attitude towards Islam on here. I am not sure if its down to an general rise in The UK of Islamaphobia or whether MN is being targeted by certain groups.
As a religion Islam is no better or worse than any other (I am not keen on any of them to be honest) and while I agree that Islam seems to attract a lot of extremism and there is a backlash to that but I am still pretty horrified by som eof the posts and responses I see here
Lack of education, a refusal to integrate, treatment of women - all these are cultural and not prescribed in Islam

Islam is dangerous, repressive and looking to take over the world.

In my ideal world, religion wouldn’t exist, all religion is to some extent dangerous, repressive and looking to take over the world. I do agree that that Islam seems to attract more negativity on here than other religions and I would say some of it falls into Islamophobia.

You talk about muslim marriages. Well, lots of these in the UK are not legal and offer no protection to women