From today’s Wall Street Journal Europe:<\/p>\n
In neat Arabic writing above the mirrors of the Easy Cut barbershop here, signs tell patrons to praise Allah, work toward paradise and refrain from talking politics in the shop.<\/p>\n
“You’re not allowed to talk about religion or politics here because we don’t want trouble between our customers,” said Ejaz Ahmed, who owns the shop in this city’s Pollokshields section.<\/p>\n
His modest storefront is around the corner from a mosque on Forth Street where police found a car tied to the plot to ram a burning jeep into Glasgow Airport’s main terminal on July 1.<\/p>\n
As a handful of customers waited for haircuts and Middle Eastern news played on a grainy television set one recent afternoon, Mr. Ahmed said religion and politics can lead to heated argument and he would rather not risk it.<\/p>\n