The Boston Globe contains this excellent article on the backlash after the London bombings. The article begins by discussing the experiences of Muslim community activist Muhammad Abul Kalam, who posted fliers with his number across London a day after the bombings, warning Muslims of an impending backlash. In return for his kindness, he received this text message:

'Muslim bastard... get out of the UK you Islamic parasite. You devil worshipers are killing people all over the world. Islam is pure evil!

Kalam says that the moderate Muslims in Britain "are being held collectively responsible for the murderous extremism of a few." The article continues with other examples of how the world has changed for some in Britain:

• Women have told of bus drivers refusing to let them on board unless they remove their hijabs, or head scarves
  
• Nearly every young Muslim has a story of dirty looks or words being thrown their way on buses and trains, of being stopped and searched, just because of the way they look, a practice which police have unabashedly explained is targeting people who fit the profile of attackers or those who might help them.
  
• Outside a mosque in Balham, South London, an old man sheepishly admitted that he had shaved his white beard and that he no longer wears a cap, thinking it will steer racists clear of him.
  
• Some young Sikh men, whose appearance leads some to mistake them for Muslims, have taken to wearing T-shirts that say, ''Don't Freak, I'm a Sikh."
  

Kalam contends that the Muslim community "isolated ourselves. My generation is changing that.... We are British, but we are also Muslim."