Mayfair, Johannesburg, is "spawning terrorists" and is a no-go zone for non-Muslims, according to the US's Fox News. Fox published a story online on Saturday in which it claimed that Mayfair was the home of many of the 300 South Africans said to have been recruited by the Islamic State terrorist group.It also claimed that "Muslim extremists have sole control of the streets".Paul Tilsley, who wrote the story, was lambasted on Twitter.But a BBC reporter said she often reported from Mayfair without difficulty.Tilsley's response was "Stay out of this debate and worry about your hairstyle".Tilsely said he was told on camera that "non-Muslims are not welcome here" and the Fox TV crew was chased out of Mayfair."The encounter raised for the first time the spectre of no-go zones," according to Fox.When The Times visited Mayfair there were no jihadist black flags in evidence, no sign of drones overhead.Instead, there was a Hindu vegetarian restaurant, Shayona, in Church Street, at which white and Indian customers were being served.Cashier Gautam Patel said the store welcomed "Indians, black people, whites and Chinese".The shop belongs to the Baps Shri Swuminarayum temple and the money it makes is donated to a charity for orphans.The Times' reporter also visited Ebrahim cafe, at which the 99 names of Allah were displayed.One customer, a Mayfair local who speaks Gujarati, Mayank Shukia, said: "I am not Muslim.""What a load of kak," said his friend after reading the Fox story.Shop owner Mohammed Jamal called Fox News's claims "blasphemy"."This is a culturally diverse neighbourhood," he said.Another customer said: "Go to Eighth Street. One half of the street is Somali; the other is Ethiopian."They are refugees. They don't even have passports."They are running away from war in Somalia.Why would they go to a war in Syria [to fight for IS]?"Mayfair is dangerous because there are kids on the street smoking nyaope [a cocktail of drugs, including rat poison]."Blind SA, a Mayfair-based charity, operates from an old church building and offers Braille translation services - not what you'd expect in a no-go Muslim extremist zone...