So Ed West claims on his Telegraph blog. “The new conservatism of London has already had profound effects, as demographic changes gather pace”, he tells us.
The evidence West presents to justify the assertion that London’s Muslim community is having such an impact on a city in which 92% of the population is non-Muslim is, unsurprisingly, thin to say the least. He refers us to the hyped-up story about an alcohol ban at London Metropolitan University and to some swimwear adverts having been defaced in Tower Hamlets, where he invites us to believe there is a particular problem with homophobic violence (omitting to mention that the problem is much more serious in neighbouring Islington). Oh, and seven years ago Tate Britain decided not to show a piece of conceptual art that featured the Qur’an.
And that’s it. That’s the basis on which we’re asked to accept that Muslims (with some small assistance from “African Christians”) have turned London into “one of the most religiously conservative places in England”.
