France’s riots are no ordinary protests — they’re an intifada in the heart of Europe

A firefighter engulfed in flames as a youthful mob watches and laughs. - Brendan O'Neill

• A teacher doused in gasoline by guffawing thugs as his beloved school burns to the ground.
• A woman’s face set alight by a masked goon with a makeshift flamethrower.
• Two dozen schools burned and ransacked; cars flipped upside down; buses and fire engines savagely smashed.

It sounds like a montage from a dystopian horror movie — but it’s happening right now in France.
What started late last month as a protest about underfunded public schools has morphed into an orgy of Islamo-leftist violence.
Paris and other cities are now awash with foreign flags as throngs of unassimilated youths scream their hatred for France itself.
“In the name of Allah, we can kill them all,” barked one masked thug, to the mob’s demented glee.
We are witnessing something extraordinary: an intifada in the heart of Europe...