I think there is a problem in the UK.

This is true to the extent that I was in Oman a few months ago and my cab driver commented that 'You English are crazy, you have Muslims in England who want to fight against their own country. Why do you all want to fight someone?' This was from a proper Arab guy who supposedly lives in a country full of fundamentalists. Most Muslims in these Arab countries feel free to follow their own religion but would not agree with imposing it upon others.

The problem we have in the UK is a small minority of people have decided that they want to impose their beliefs on the majority and want to have a row and feel aggrieved about it. The classic example is the argument over whether wearing the Veil should be allowed in schools etc.

I have an idea that the problem we have is not essentially a RELIGIOUS one, or Even a racial or national identity issue. It is a socio-economic one ......... the people who are making all the hate and becoming radicalised in the UK are from the poorest sections and areas of our society. People of Pakistani origin tend to be in the less wealthy sector than people of Indian origin (for example), that's why we don't see Hindu suicide bombers etc. We don't have Kuwaiti or Quatari radicals, they are from Syria, Pakistan or even parts of the Caribbean.

The media and tabloid newspapers like the People, with their ricicilous populist reporting, fan the flames of antagonism and are one of the reasons whay people in the UK are generally unhappier than in other places. Those papers only exist to make people unhappy, worried or angry.

That's the UK only ...... I know that much of Al-Quaeda is formed of rich Saudias, so I don't believe it holds through as a world theory - but it does explain some of Britain's problem.

Incidentally, think how worrying a Hindu suicide bomber would be. I'm nervous about getting into a taxi with anyone who believes they will be reincarnated anyway, no matter what happens