[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by ANNE

No racism in tented by the remark I thought these people looked after there own.
Perhaps I should have written I thought Muslims took care of their own.

That is exactly what the beggar was banking on isn't it? She was hoping that you would be a Muslim opening the door and that you would see her as a fellow Muslim and help her.

Would it have been racist if your beggar had claimed to be a Mormon and you'd said "I thought they looked after their own." Same difference. Islam is a religion, not a race.