Peter McIlvenna
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They all became part of the UK.
They were kind of colonies that had traditionally been part of the British Empire.
And they came and they became part of the fabric of society.
Yet the clash, which you refer to, Steve, is in Islam.
It's not integration.
It's isolationism.
It's demanding your rights.
It's wanting to change where you arrive to fit what you want instead of fitting in to the culture you arrive in.
And that's why we are seeing a change.
And that's why the huge concern of in 15 years, we've seen the national population go up 10 percent, the Islamic population go up 111 percent.
We have a 10 times growth.
And that's where we have the clash.
That's where we have the debate.
That's why we have the Islamophobia debate of that legislation coming through.
That's why we have 24, I think, members of Parliament who are Muslim, more than any other country in Europe.
That's why we are seeing the huge growth of halal because it demands its place.
That's why we're seeing the huge growth of mosques while we see the fall of churches.
That's why we've seen an aggressive formation
forceful, seemingly confident Islam, especially in education system and politics.
And we have a meek, weak, pathetic Church of England that puts a dogma of doubt over confidence.