IN reply to David James. Please do not fall for the untruths being bandied about, I have read about such ignorant vitriolic hatred.

Hitler started indoctrinating his Hitler Youth movement with untruths about the European Jews, with accusations of their collaborative economic power usurping the 'original'

indigenous populations and claims that the Jewish agenda was based on that vile publication the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion' and claims of the 'Jews' wanting to infiltrate the highest echelons of power, business and banking, thereby influence the political powers of the countries they were living in.

Hitler was quite successful and this resulted in the holocaust with estimated deaths of approximately 6,000,000 Jews .

Hitler's lies were spread by those who wished to perpetuate these ignorances for their own ends.

The rhetoric being disseminated about Muslims at the moment is a similar kind to that perpetuated then.

I am proud to be a British Muslim, and I see people harking back to the days when there was very much a society imbued with Christian values. Well Mr James, so do I, because it is those Christian Values that are the basis for making Britain what it was, and still should be, and many a Muslim I know and discuss this with wishes for a return to those values as that is what made up the majority of decent people, with morals and decency based upon a belief system very similar to my own.

Yes there was a time people could leave their doors unlocked without fear, where the vast majority of people were law abiding, hard working, decent folk with morals passed down through family.

The thing is, you may not have liked me even then holding foreign beliefs but at least your moral compass would have kept you decent, you would have watched your tongue and if you had said something to the 'foreigner' out of turn, your parents would have given you a clout round the earhole. Why?

Because you are British and all that entails, good decent people with good morals.

You have a problem with Immigration?

I understand, it needs controlling, by all means close the doors, batten up the hatches, take on the politicians!

Take them to task! Don't make excuses, don't be politically correct.

As for 'Muslim terrorists, you may want to tackle your MP about our foreign policy at the same time as immigration, as unfortunately our credibility in some countries that we have helped the Americans to bomb may be dented and the locals a little bit upset about our involvement, thereby fermenting some resentment, but do not blame me for your problems because I am a British Muslim, Bolton born and bred and proud of it!

I am not, and never will be your scapegoat, so please forgive me if I don't roll over.

M Siddique Bolton