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by tim333 37 days ago
I've noticed a lot of Americans believing the fake stuff about the islamization of England. Living in England it's obvious a lot is fake by looking out of the window and similar. Not that there aren't any issues but it gets hugely exaggerated and some things completely made up.
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It really depends where you live. In you live in Norfolk or Devon, then you're not living in an "Islamised" area. However, there are places that feel more that way. I was on the Edgware Road in London around ten years ago, and there was a large visible Arab population (to the extent one or two even wore traditional costumes) and people smoking hookahs outside cafés.

A more reliable guide would be how many women you see wearing hijabs, burqas, niqabs etc. In some areas this is more common than others. You will see more of these in Birmingham than Berwick upon Tweed.

So it really depends where you are.