I don't know if anyone else can confirm this, but I think theres a definite conflict within the Asian community.

You see, you get very poor families - sometimes from villages in the subcontinent, and they bring the petty values of the village and keep them alive as best they can in England.

Then again you get more middle class, aspirational types and they adopt and adapt - just do their damndest to compete - realising they have their work cut out with that - never mind being 'in the tradition' - leave that to english folksinger!

That's when you'd hear comments like - that girl dresses like a slag in tight jeans - she knows a muslim girl shouldn't dress like that.

Of course the way to hell is paved with generalisations. I don't know, but I saw and heard enough to make me uneasy.

Islam isn't to blame, but its there in the mixture somwhere.