It was 1989, and the word 'Muslim' wasn't even really used in Britain at the time; you were either black or Asian.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I lived in the Muslim world for 10 years.
We weren't raised Muslim - we were born Muslim. I didn't go to a Muslim school, but it was just the theme song. It was ambient.
I am from Scotland, and I am Christian, not Muslim.
I was never a practicing Muslim. But I do consider myself a Muslim.
My upbringing was completely liberal from the start. In fact, I didn't even have a Muslim identity.
Britons seem to have given up on assimilating their Muslim population, with many British elites patting themselves on the back for their tolerance and multiculturalism.
If you convert to Islam after a couple of decades of being a black man in the U.S., the discrimination you receive as a Muslim doesn't feel like a shock.
It was part of your religion to hate the British.
I really didn't grow up religious, and I didn't grow up acknowledging my Muslim identity. For me, I was a British Pakistani.
I remember when I was young, many cities in the Muslim world were cosmopolitan cities with a lot of culture.