ABSTRACT
The Bradford Commission report is typical of most reports. There are a number of examples which highlight the change in labelling; people have had a number of titles used to describe people whose parent's country of origin is Asia. This includes terms such as ethnic minority, minority ethnic, Black minority ethnic, Asian Pakistani, Pakistani-British, British-Asian, Asian-British or worse, abbreviated as BME. Young British-born Pakistanis are part of many different social, religious and cultural identities. In light of 9/11 Muslim dress particularly the hejab has become an important signifier in lives of young Muslim women not only in UK and US but across the world. They can be fused into broader categorization of a Muslim identity. These can be described as the new British Muslim identities. Self-labelling by individuals as regards their identity is important given the multicultural nature of the UK. For some this suggests that a decline in British identity affects values or the idea of a multi-cultural citizenship.
