Here is a primer on “British Asians”:

According to the 2001 UK Census there are 2.33 million British Asians, making up 4% of the population of the United Kingdom. This further subdivides to 1.05 million of Indian origin (1.8% of the population), 747,000 of Pakistani origin (1.3%), 283,000 of Bangladeshi origin (0.5%), and 247,000 from other Asian origins (0.4%) (largely of Sri Lankan origin). British Asians make up 50.2% of the UK’s non-white population. British Indians tend to be religiously diverse, with 45% Hindu, 29% Sikh, and 13% per cent Muslim, while their counterparts of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin are much more religiously homogeneous, with Muslims accounting for 92% of each group.[1]

In terms of key demographic measures, the two Asian groups, Indians and Pakistani/Bangladeshis have developed significant differences. The unemployment rate in Indians in UK is about 7%, comparable to that of the White British. On the other hand Bangladeshis have among the highest unemployment rates of 13-14% [2] with Pakistani having around 11% [3] The Indian pupils are likely to achieve among the highest grades in schools where as Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are likely to score lower [4]. Indians are more likely than the White British to have college degrees, where as Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are less likely [5].
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Asian#Demographics

This makes the 10% figure even worse. According to the british census, 56.3% of british asians are muslim. Assuming that the non-muslims are not voiceing support for honor killings, that means that roughly 17.8% of british asian muslims support honor killings.

kaltes on September 4, 2006 at 4:41 PM

THeDRiFTeR, just because most muslims don’t practice FGM doesn’t make it a distinctly muslim practice. Most muslims don’t kill their daughters either, yet honor killings remain a distinctly muslim practice. Following your logic, attending a Christian church in America would not be a distinctly Christian practice if most Christians didn’t go to church.

Besides, if you bothered to read that whole wikipedia article, or read other sources, instead of skimming for a counter-quote, you would know that FGM is practiced in many muslim countries to varying degrees, just not as openly as it is in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Additionally, failure to outlaw, or failure to punish as modern society would expect for such practices (murder and mutilation) is tacit approval. People in muslim countries often get a slap on the wrist or no punishment at all. Contrast this with the consequences in western countries.

kaltes on September 4, 2006 at 6:24 PM

Hey there, Drifter? You might not have noticed, but this is America, and we don’t use no fancy Eu-ro-PEE-an way of spellin’.

Hah, this is the internet, I’m sure plenty of people who aren’t living in the United States read this site and post here. All you need an internet connection and literacy in english.

kaltes on September 4, 2006 at 6:27 PM