And then they say that “Muslims are coming to rape our women”

This is from a report in The Malta Independent today. Olivia Neumann’s friend, a British citizen, was meanwhile the victim of a GBH racist attack, also by a white-taxi driver using a metal rod, and ended up in hospital.

Because of his physical appearance, he was mistaken for one of those “Muslim invaders” against whom hated is once more being stirred up. Ghax mhux bjond qisu Ingliz.

It was bound to happen, and that is why it is so important for every sensible person of good will to counter racist remarks and racist views wherever and whenever they encounter them – in conversation, on line, at supper (but do so politely so as not to create an unpleasant atmosphere for everybody else) and even in public waiting-rooms where people begin muttering and griping.

If that is not done, these savages will continue in the assumption that they are in the right and that it is “invading Muslims”, and not they, who are primitive animals.