Little Englanders foaming at the mouth about Islam in Britain, you sound like a 75 year old pished guy in a bowler hat and orange sash ranting in the pub about the looming threat of the papacy.

Ordinary Muslims you'd encounter in the UK are no more sinister and alien than ordinary Catholics. One day a week they maybe (or not) go to a fancy building to talk about God in a way that you don't connect with. Please try to be normal about that rather than let it eat your whole identity.

@petealexharris I find all religious people rather sinister!
For example, all the weird stuff they claim actually exists, their subservience to a patriarchal hierarchy, or the way they "other" people who aren't members of their particular hallucination club.
I find them all equally creepy.
@LillyHerself @petealexharris It all depends on the religion. For example, there are some neopagans who actively work against the patriarchy.
@LordCaramac An Austrian couple I am friends with say they are "pagans" and deny ferociously that it is a religion, but take part in weird rituals all of which have a distinct "woman as sex object" aspect.
I find anything with rituals, mythologies and cosplay very creepy.
@petealexharris