22% of the Birmingham population are Muslim, not 14%.
There are a couple of areas which the more Islamophobic would fear to tread in the city, that is true. Some parts of Small Heath are pretty ghettoized. And it is true that some gangs go around telling people how to behave, although i've never heard of anyone getting a beating for not wearing religious garb.
It's normally for drinking beer outside of a mosque (there are videos of this on youtube).
Source: I was born in Birmingham and lived there for 25 years.
22% of the Birmingham population are Muslim, not 14%.
There are a couple of areas which the more Islamophobic would fear to tread in the city, that is true. Some parts of Small Heath are pretty ghettoized. And it is true that some gangs go around telling people how to behave, although i've never heard of anyone getting a beating for not wearing religious garb.
It's normally for drinking beer outside of a mosque (there are videos of this on youtube).
Source: I was born in Birmingham and lived there for 25 years.