A naked girl is tied with wire to a bed-frame in the basement of a deserted shop, her face and body carbonised with a blowtorch. When she went missing the family search was joined by her friends and then the whole community. The French police arrest her killer, the emir who had issued the final warning for her revealing clothing, her bright hair, and the boys—especially the infidels. The imam calls the community to join a rally in his defence and issues a fatwa against those who do not attend: “Lacking solidarity with a brother in Islam aggressed by infidels…
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