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I think it's fair to say it's inevitable that Birmingham is the tip of a much larger iceberg.

It's a very good thing that people are starting to show less sensitivity when the term 'Islamophobia' is banded about. The word has been dramatically cheapened by its misuse by those who try and use it to stifle any criticism of the manner in which they conduct themselves.

The administration in Tower Hamlets threw it around with reckless abandon and there are now government and criminal investigations in progress there; it was pretty much the first response to these charges.

I really hope this doesn't get whitewashed as many things along these lines all too often have been in the past decade and more. The last time West Midlands Police were involved in a major investigation like this they went after those who exposed the problem, not the problem itself, and ended up paying compensation and doing nothing to fix the issues.