The original suspects for the cold-blooded murder in
Toulouse of Jonathan Sandler, his young children Aryeh and Gabriel, and 8-year
old Miriam Monsonego were three neo-Nazis. Police had linked the atrocity to
the fatal shooting, a few days earlier, of three French off-duty paratroopers,
who also happened to be Muslim. It did
seem reasonable to assume that the killer was a far-right activist,
"collecting" ethnic minority victims.
The discovery that the killer was actually Mohamed
Merah, an Islamist linked to Al-Qaida, will not surprise anyone alive to
the reality of Muslim radicalization in Europe. However, it will be interesting
to see whether the great liberal consciences of the West, who were poised to
loudly condemn this latest demonstration of murderous contemporary fascism,
will now fall silent, or whether they will press on with their intended
message. For make no mistake, this is fascism...
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