Heaven forbid that such an atrocity should happen, but suppose white racists attacked a mosque today, murdering four people. Crowds gather to show solidarity with the dead. They profess support for their friends and families and their horror at sectarian murder. The assassins killed their victims for no other reason than they were Muslims. That was it. All they had done was stick to their faith.
A BBC reporter called Tim Wilcox joins the mourners, and buttonholes an elderly and not very articulate Asian lady.
‘The situation is going back to the days of 1930s Europe,’ she says, as she recalls the last time racist murders swept the continent.
‘Do you think that can be resolved before it is too late?’ the reporter asks.
Cheeringly, the woman refuses to let despair overcome her. ‘Of course. We must not be afraid to say that Muslims are a target now…’
Before she can get her words out, Wilcox shuts her up.
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