Did anyone see this drama about an asian muslim girl finding it hard to live her usual life after the 9/11 tragedy. As I watched it I noticed that the creators had done a magnificent job in portraying a situation which is so common in todays society!

From her brother the drug dealer turned freedom fighter and the father who wanted peace and his family together - even though he chose the old traditional ways of life,

I think many muslims in Sheffield would recognise these situations in their own lives after watching this.

caught parts of it, found it interesting too

Me 2, i never really thought about how people in her situations living in britain/america etc. after the 9/11 would be affected at the time

Was noticable that the bloke recruiting wasn't going to do the fighting himself - bit like our politicans - see we are not so different - both cultures mislead our youth into death.

I was impressed by the way the whole thing ended up, with the eponymous character finding her way back to Islam as a positive force in her life despite the fact that she was being persecuted as a result of her culture and the religion she was born into. Of her father, brother and herself, she seemed to have the most positive and forward-thinking form of faith.

I saw htis, and was thinking about it this morning as I was reading through the "good muslims in the UK" thread. I was engrossed, it was really interesting and well done. It didn't really gloss over anything, yet still ended positively.

Was interesting that Yasmin was trying to mix with her work mates and be more like them, and had done nothing wrong. But when accusations were made and she was treated as an outsider, she then went back to faith and "her" community. Makes it easier to see how and why families form minority backgrounds often end up in a concentrated area.

I was particularly taken with the bar scene where Yasmin's workmate fumbled around the issue before blurting out the fact that no one from the Muslim community had "apologised" for 9/11, despite the fact that the average follower of Islam in the UK had about as much to do with the attacks as my gran.

My finacee and I watched the incarceration of Yasmin's husband and the way in which she was detained without charge for days. Only when it's put in such clear terms does the true danger of the kind of paranoic laws that are being rushed through really hit home.

Why did they detain her when she was not guilty of any crime?

Because they could...simple as that.