When it comes to a discussion of Islam in Britain, there is always a distinction made between “Islamism” which is bad and “Islam” which is good. I never know quite what to make of this, partly because the media tends to focus on “Islamism” with its terrorist implications, and partly because one rarely hears a strong, public voice from the side of the peace-loving Islam. Naturally enough, opinion is also polarised between those who think Islam’s history and its beginnings make it inherently warlike and those who don’t.