Islamophobia or a real reason to fear?

You would have to beware of Taqiyya (q.v.).

I think you're a bit misinformed about our demographics here. There are far more Buddhists and, according to the last census, Jedi Knights in this country than Muslims. In this city I only know one Muslim, unless we stretch the definition of 'know' to include 'eat curry in the restaurant of'. Most of the Muslims I've known were British or British residents. Vocally condemned. Now, I will freely admit that the Muslims I know are probably not any sort of representative sample, since they were mostly politically active students. However, there was a very interesting survey conducted recently on the moral and religious beliefs of the British population, sorted by religion. Whilst there were certain topics on which religious belief tended to sway the sample - Catholics and Muslims were more likely to oppose legal abortion, for example - the most interesting part of the study for me was that a lot of people's beliefs were clearly at variance with what we expect the teachings of their religions to advocate - Muslims too.I'm trying to find the poll now, and I'll get back to you on this.

I'm not so sure about that. Taqiyya appears to have more to do with the denial of elements of faith, to avoid persecution. I am inferring from the context of this thread that you are wary of taqiyya, because it might provide a cloak of moderation, to hide extremism.I don't perceive that in the MCB. Extremism is not pervasive in those parts of the Muslim community I bump into, and I am more than happy to invite some Islamic input into this question. Certainly better that, than second guessing.

They do. But that's a much better starting place than an organisation which self-identifies as extreme.

I disagree.I fear the groups that self-identify as mainstream but are extreme more than the ones that admit they are extreme.

The key words there are "but are extreme". I'm not aware of any evidence that the MCB is extreme.