Until a few weeks ago Leicester was held up as one of our most successful diverse communities, a shining example of multicultural Britain.
England’s 11th largest city, where some 70 languages were spoken and people of all faiths, be they Muslim, Hindu, Sikh or Christian, had lived peacefully as neighbours, with tolerance and understanding, since the early 1960s when new arrivals had first begun to flock there from India and Pakistan.
But shocking images of sectarian violence and masked hate