Leicester is my home town. I got out as soon as I could. The city is pretty divided, though not on the level as some others in NW like Blackburn etc. Very large Hindu population, mainly of Indian and East African origin. My 6th form college had five? common rooms, I used to hang out in the smokers common room (!), though back then there were largely Hindu and largely Muslim common rooms. Integration between Hindu/Sikh and white population is now good, with many mixed marriages. Not so back in the day when my Sikh gf had to keep me v quiet or her brothers would have targeted me with violence/threats of it.
Integration between Muslim population and rest of city less evident, and probably getting more distant, as many Muslim youth are now more conservative and religious than their parents. I did not see much reporting of these disturbances on news, until v recently, though the nation's attentions were elsewhere... reports are out there. Guess sparked by cricket and probably actions of Modi, the right wing Hindu nationalist Indian PM, who is anti-Muslim.
Integration between Muslim population and rest of city less evident, and probably getting more distant, as many Muslim youth are now more conservative and religious than their parents. I did not see much reporting of these disturbances on news, until v recently, though the nation's attentions were elsewhere... reports are out there. Guess sparked by cricket and probably actions of Modi, the right wing Hindu nationalist Indian PM, who is anti-Muslim.
