A "Yugoslavia-type situation" ain't likely to happen. Why not? Because most of Britain is pretty damn clear that Muslims in general are not the problem. The heads of the various UK Muslim communities banded together and issued a fatwa declaring their opposition to the bombers and calling them "un-Islamic". It made the front pages in many papers. As frequently happens, horrible actions have good consequences, and one good consequence has been British Islamic leaders coming out and condemning the actions of Muslim fundamentalists, standing together with other British people of all religions and races.

Yes, there are racist nutters who'll use it the bombing as an excuse to have a go at Muslims. But if any of them fancy a bit of hate speech to incite violence against Muslims, they can be put away just as readily by the same laws that'll catch Abu Hamza, and good riddance to the nasty little shits. And ditto anyone who fancies inciting hatred against homosexuals or anyone else.

Graham.