Ed Husain

But I'll go further than that, and I'd say that the ideologues of the Muslim Brotherhood

many of whom dominate Muslim discourse in the UK, don't want to see a Britain that is free, don't want to see that a Britain that upholds this classical liberal inheritance, want to see a Britain that is weak and, you know, Keir Starmer's Britain.

They are happier with a Britain that will not take positions on Iran's nuclear programme.

They are happier with a Britain

that will not condemn Hamas and will not participate in attempts to obliterate Hamas, they are happier with a Britain that is at odds with the United States of America and at odds with other powers that are taking a different direction.

So I just think people may not articulate it in such terms, but that's the impulse and that's the feeling.

Because you feel yourself out of place.

You feel yourself that you no longer welcome Constantine.

And...

I remember a journalist from the BBC phoning me saying, you know, that they read Among the Mosques and they want to discuss it.

Would I come on?

And I said, sure, anything to amplify where Britain is heading, because I'm genuinely worried about partitions.

I'm worried about entire areas saying, oh, this is only a Muslim area.

You know, you who are not Muslim can't enter.

And I'm genuinely worried about the prospects of this becoming an armed conflict in parts.

I mean, 15, 20 years from now, that's where we're heading.

So that was the conclusion.

And yet, Among the Mosques as a book could not be discussed on the BBC because a very prominent Muslim broadcaster vetoed the interview saying, I won't interview him because what he's going to be saying brings harm to the Muslim community.

And so I find that approach to be troubling.

You put the community above your country.