Stuck in an identity trap

Mr Manzoor shows a similar hesitation when discussing a possible link between Islam and the violence perpetrated in its name

Few of Britain’s myriad ethnic groups have been written about as much as its Muslim community, especially Pakistani-origin Muslims, who have been a subject of a series of critical books. And, interestingly, most have come from their own peers — Ed Husain, Sayeeda Warsi, Sara Khan, among others. These are not your usual chest-beating agnostic secularists; indeed most are practising Muslims and share their community’s angst about how their community is perceived by non-Muslims with constant scrutiny of its mores and practices.

But, they don’t share its self-pitying narrative of victimhood.  While acknowledging that the community is frequently a victim of