Sir - My incredulity when I read (February 1) the arrant nonsense spoken by Mr Charlie Cleverly about the Central Mosque's plan to broadcast a call to prayer, was only topped by my astonishment that Radio 4's Today programme then went on to give him air time. It is simply laughable to suggest that one call to prayer during the day on a Friday is going to turn East Oxford into a Muslim ghetto. But it is grossly insulting to describe the call to prayer as "un-English" - so does Mr Cleverly also believe Muslims are "un-English"?

I don't know whether Mr Cleverly lives in East Oxford, but I do, and I want to make it clear that he does not speak for me or anyone else I have spoken to in the neighbourhood about this.

Jan Penrose, Oxford