“It’s funny how when a Muslim commits an atrocity, we’re all tarred with the same brush,” says Tariq Jahan, whose 19-year-old son Haroon was killed in the 2011 riots. “Now it’s a few lads from Birmingham and the whole of Birmingham has been tarnished. Don’t try and separate us.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘There’s so much fantastic work that’s being done in Birmingham,’ says Tariq Jahan. Don’t blame Birmingham because one person has done something wrong.”Sybil Spence has represented the area where Masood lived for three decades as a member of Birmingham city council. “I don’t think Birmingham necessarily has a problem, we just have a big population, and a big Muslim population.

Source: The Guardian March 25, 2017 22:52 UTC