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Fri 07 Jul 2007Fanaticism has real consequences for relations with MuslimsThe latest would-be bombers in Britain have succeeded in making discrimination against Muslims seem like a rational policy, suggests Theodore Dalrymple.Arriving in Britain by air the day after two men crashed a gasoline-laden Jeep into the main terminal at Glasgow's international airport, and a couple of days after two car bombs were discovered in the heart of London, I was surprised by how calm everybody was.