‘You’re wrong about him speaking Arabic.’

You’re right.

I heard the clip. He appears to be speaking in French.

You’re wrong about him speaking Arabic.

You’re the one who’s wrong. I am assuming nothing.

The slain policeman was Muslim. You’ll find that on Facebook posted by those who knew him and his friends.

This blog is for discussion isn’t it?

Because none of those you mention are politicians whereas the two I mention are and that may have future implications for Malta, possibly negative ones.

As for the official Saudi reaction, I know what that is.

“…The kingdom therefore strongly condemns and denounces this cowardly terrorist act that is rejected by true Islamic religion as well as the rest of the religions and beliefs,” the Saudi state news agency SPA said, citing an official source.

I still haven’t heard the opinion of the two chargé d’ affaires representing Tripoli and Tobruk and I’d like to know it and I strongly feel that it’s in Malta’s interest to know it too.

Then why not ask for a comment from that playboy Saudi prince who got a Maltese medal? Or from the Saudi embassy? Or from the Qatari businessmen in Malta?

Is it because money trumps anti-Islamism?

Haaretz is well-placed to know. They are regularly on the receiving end of Molotov cocktails, thrown not by Palestianians but by right-wing Israelis.

It’s out there. Just Google it.

Diaper heads? Really?

Wow.

You are wrong.

That’s the journalists on the roof of the neighbouring building who are shouting, and they’re shouting “Là, là, là” (There, there, there), because two seconds previously, and you can see this in the unedited clip, they where shouting “À gauche!”, because they were trying to direct police officers to the scene.

What the police officer said to the killer just before he was shot, and you can see this in the unedited clip posted by Daphne, is “C’est bon, chef” (as far as I can make out), which is a way of saying “Don’t shoot me, I’m not going to move” in a submissive way, like you would with a police officer or a bouncer.

Don’t run away with the impression that all second-generation Frenchmen of North African origin speak Arabic. And don’t assume that they’re all Muslims.

When three French soldiers where killed by Mohammed Merah, one of them was called Abel Chennouf. Everyone immediately jumped to the conclusion that here was an innocent Muslim killed by a fellow Muslim. It turned out Chennouf was a Christian, and his family had been for generations.

Sorry for the anorackery.

Actually the ‘Golden Rule’ of ‘Do to others ….etc’ is the one common principle in all religions. The fact that some ‘believers’ choose to ignore this universal principle proves Daphne’s point that this is not about religion.