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True Brits: The Muslims uniting with journalists under attack from the far right
LOUISE RAW reports on a visit to the Baitul Futuh Mosque, where she was welcomed by members of the Muslim community along with Mike Stuchbery – the journalist harassed at his home by ‘Tommy Robinson’
UNITY: (Left to right) Imam Uthman Shahzad Butt, Akber Butt, Mike Stuchbery, Louise Raw, Mrs Stuchbery, Mustafa Siddiqui, Yasir Khan, Imam Qamar Ahmed Zafar

WHAT is “Britishness” — and who decides?

As a standard-issue leftie, it’s not a question that much interests me as much a rule, not least because of the iffyness of the whole concept. 

But I’ve been forced to consider it lately, as the far right makes increasingly wild attempts to claim for itself a national identity based largely on “othering” everyone else.  

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