Ayisha Malik lived in a small English village while researching her new novel This Green and Pleasant Land. Here, she reveals what it was like being the only visible Muslim.

Islam: what itu2019s like to be the only Muslim in an English village

Islam: what it’s like to be the only Muslim in an English village

If something didn’t abide by village rules, it seemed things could get fatal

I wondered how we Muslims have to shed parts of our attire in order for our skin colour to be palatable to others.

We had thought we were putting the world to rights; he had thought he was saving the world from another terrorist.

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“We had thought we were putting the world to rights; he had thought he was saving the world from another terrorist.”

What it’s really like to be the only Muslim in a small English village