This reminds me of the time an English friend of mine came to stay with us in Gozo.

After 3 or 4 days he commented to me that he was surprised at how many Arabs there were.

Needless to say we hadn’t seen any.

I guess that it’s all a matter of perception.

Birmingham is over 80% white/non Muslim, so the American political pundit is clearly 100% factually incorrect.

Some quality racism and xenophobia happening here, just as Daphne points out goes on in internet comments sections and social media elsewhere on the island. Take a bow, Malta.

Perhaps you are unaware of this :

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10716855/Government-intervenes-at-school-taken-over-by-Muslim-radicals.html

[Daphne – The key phrase in the title is “government intervenes”. Secondly, this is The Telegraph, so you have to factor in its editorial stance on immigration, foreigners of all stripes and Islam in general. Thirdly, the problem here is not linked to the fact that a school is faith-based (Britain has complete freedom in the matter of faith schools), but to the fact that this is a state school and so should be linked to no faith at all. If this bothers you, then you should also be bothered by the fact that state schools in Malta promote Roman Catholicism and take their children to religious events or organise holy mass.]

That is the problem with news channels like Fox News. It is a place where hysterical people tune in to just to be whipped up into a greater hysterical fit which unleashes the worst in them.

I don’t only blame this man for the mistake. I blame all this around him who made him believe that he should go with that sort of tone, the news channel for constantly thrashing out nonsense day in and day out, teaching viewers and would be journalists that it’s all about the shock and horror.

Learn to stick with facts dear Fox News, and you will never have to face this sort of embarrassment ever again.

From Sky News:

http://news.sky.com/story/1406714/fox-commentator-gaffe-like-waterboarding

Really? Did you count the number of Muslims and divide by 1 million (roughly the population of Birmingham)? Or did you just go to the Bullring and have a quick look and see a few people in hijabs?

A little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing.

No, it is commonly known as North Pakistan.