 An academic paper by Katy Sian published in the journal "South Asian Popular Culture" in 2011 explored the question of how "'forced' conversion narratives" arose around the Sikh diaspora in the United Kingdom.Sian, who reports that claims of conversion through courtship on campuses are widespread in the UK, indicates that rather than relying on actual evidence they primarily rest on the word of "a friend of a friend" or on personal anecdote.According to Sian, the narrative is similar to accusations of "white slavery" lodged against the Jewish community and foreigners to the UK and the US, with the former having ties to anti-semitism that mirror the Islamophobia betrayed by the modern narrative.