JEZ Cook (Letters, July 8), claims to talk about “tolerance and integration.”

I am an eco-socialist and I’ve met both Dr Hojjat Ramzy and Dr Taj Hargey – they both represent their religion well.

We live in a multicultural world and most have (slightly) different beliefs.

I work with activists from many political backgrounds, not just Labour and Green but our new party is called Left UNITY.

Many of your contributors appear to misinterpret the words of those they consider to be (too) different or even a possible threat to the status quo. Papers like the Oxford Mail continue to play an important role in our (rapidly) changing communities.

ANDY GIBBONS Weyland Road Headington Oxford