Muslims fitting in nicely with locals.

A poll of more than 1,000 British Muslims, conducted by the Policy Exchange think-tank this year, found that 36 per cent of Muslims aged between 16 and 24 believe those who convert to another faith should be punished by death.

Sheikh Mogra, a senior member of the Muslim Council for Britain, told Dispatches: 'We live in a country where we respect people's choices. It is not right for any British Muslim to harm in any way whatsoever; to bully them, to intimidate them, to threaten them, is all against Muslim law.'

One convert interviewed for the programme told how his local Muslim community in Bradford closed ranks against him after he switched to Christianity. 'They told me categorically had I been in an Islamic country - Pakistan, Middle East - that they would actually be the first to chop off my head,' he said.

The last paragraph makes clear that what the local Muslims are willing to do is in no way influenced, affected, or controlled by the ethics and law of their host country. The only reason why they do not implement a proper Koranical sanction for apostasy is because of an outside coercive force that is, for now, dominant.

"Bishop warns that Muslims who convert risk being killed." By Jamie Doward, Guardian Unlimited, 9/16/07 (emphasis added).