Political correctness is denying British Muslim children their freedom

Old habits of denial die hard, even as we watch the “Trojan Horse” disgorge its sinister cargo on our television screens. After the Ofsted report into an alleged plot by Islamist hardliners to take over Birmingham community schools, several Anglicans emailed me this week saying things like: “I am so confused about this issue and torn between my views of tolerance and religious freedom and what seems to be going on. Also don't want to be gripped by fear.” And “It’s hard to stay focused and to know whom to trust when I try to read articles on the political and social ramifications of Islam and Islamicism in Britain.” These are the normative reactions of “Islington folk” to something so counter to every liberal nerve and sinew in the dom