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Submitted by Anon (United Kingdom), Mar 12, 2007 at 17:44

first of all i live in hackney england.. if you dont know it is probably one of the poorest areas of england and religion and ethnicity plays a big parts in lives here. here we have a group called the 'PolPak' . they terrorise normal people and my friend was gunned down for attending church. one of my friends then said something and was arrested and charged with racism and now cannot get into further education and release him self from the life he knows of. also my family pays many taxes and we live in between two muslim families who pay none and are open to say it... so that is the reason why everybody whose english through and through hates muslims.... the religion itself is not a problem i find the religion interesting, its just the people that portray it

btw i would like to add i am in no way racist. i have 4 friends of ethnic minority and am mixed race myself

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