One of the two fire engines rushes off to the scene and for half an hour it seems that Harehills – just a few minutes’ drive from Hyde Park, the area where the 7 July bomb factory was found – might just be consumed again by racial tensions.A few hours before the arson attack I meet Kasim Khan, 17, before he goes out clubbing I ask him if he’s bothered about politics and the Iraq war “I do care but I care more about getting a job I’m a British citizen, right. The shopkeeper told them that they couldn’t smoke in the shop, and after a bit of an altercation they left. Before he knew it the shop was alight.

Fifteen minutes later, people start shouting and pointing at another plume of smoke on the skyline about 500 yards away. Evening prayers have stopped and at least 100 people gather to watch firemen hose the place down.

The man serving at the counter tells me that four white guys came in, lit some towels at the back, then one of them lit a cigarette. I spot the plumes of black smoke while driving up Harehills Lane, Leeds, on Friday It is a day after the bungled London bombings. By the time I park, the windows of the KPS Pound Shop, opposite the Bilal mosque, have started to explode. The flames surge out, accompanied by a smell of burning shelving and kids’ toys. Then I will say, yes Lord, take Anthony’s death as a sacrificial lamb for peace to reign in the world because we need a turning point.”. If my appeal stops just one potential suicide bomber then I will be happy.

“I’m hoping that my plea and this foundation will reach those who are alive and considering this kind of thing. If I’m going to talk of peace in the world I have got to start by showing the example that I forgive. If people forgave them perhaps there would not be so much hatred God will judge the ones who have gone. It will be open to doctors anywhere in the world.” Asked about her feelings towards those responsible for her son’s death, Mrs Fatayi-Williams, a Catholic, replied: “In Anthony’s funeral mass programme I wrote a prayer for them.