| Emerson rose to international attention when, in an interview for Fox News, he stated that the town of Birmingham, England was a no-go area for non-Muslims: He explained he had asked police to take him to Muslim populated areas of the city which, according to Emerson, police refused as they allegedly did not dare to enter these area themselves.<ref>Interview on Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_zF7nbEvwY]</ref> During the interview, Emerson reported alleged no-go zones all over Europe in which Muslims were in complete control and specified the entire city of Birmingham was a no-go area for non-Muslims, and a religious police were patroling the streets of some London areas, beating anyone not in obeyance of the Muslim dress code, albeit not naming any particular areas. Birmingham, according to Emerson, was only one of European cities ''"where sharia courts were set up, where Muslim density is very intense, where the police don't go in, and where it's basically a separate country almost, a country within a country."''<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11340399/David-Cameron-US-terror-expert-Steve-Emerson-is-a-complete-idiot.html </ref> | | Emerson rose to international attention when, in an interview for Fox News, he stated that the town of Birmingham, England was a no-go area for non-Muslims: He explained he had asked police to take him to Muslim populated areas of the city which, according to Emerson, police refused as they allegedly did not dare to enter these area themselves.<ref>Interview on Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_zF7nbEvwY]</ref> During the interview, Emerson reported alleged no-go zones all over Europe in which Muslims were in complete control and specified the entire city of Birmingham was a no-go area for non-Muslims, and a religious police were patroling the streets of some London areas, beating anyone not in obeyance of the Muslim dress code, albeit not naming any particular areas. Birmingham, according to Emerson, was only one of European cities ''"where sharia courts were set up, where Muslim density is very intense, where the police don't go in, and where it's basically a separate country almost, a country within a country."''<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11340399/David-Cameron-US-terror-expert-Steve-Emerson-is-a-complete-idiot.html </ref> |