[Gayle]

The world is becoming a mixed bag of races, cultures, art, faith, etc.

Why are you not complaining that the USA have more or less taken over our eating habits - anyone have a KFC or McDonalds this week? Does anyone play baseball or basketball or ice hockey? Did you watch CSI or Lost this week?

And what about us - when you go abroad to Spain or Greece don't you still manage to buy PG Tips in the supermarket, don't they sell Kit Kats and Nescafe now?

My point is that cultures are globalising as people travel more and emigrate to different countries. This is happening in every country in the world, not just England.

There will not be a time when everyone in this country follows Islam because no one is forced to. It is the very nature of faith that religious leaders believe that you should spread your faith around and you can't fault Islam for doing a good job of it when the catholic and church of England are doing such a bad job of it. People need a support system in their life and some people rely heavily on their faith to give them the structure and rules that they need.

I think that we English people are very poor at talking about things that matter to us - i.e. money, faith, politics, etc - we all get faintly embarressed by having strong beliefs in any of these areas so we prefer to keep them to ourselves. Whereas people who follow Islam are usually proud to say that and happy to talk about their faith and what it means to them.

Sorry, I've rambled a bit - I've come into this discussion late.