Europe is in the midst of a series of conflagrations. Last Thursday, Dublin was set ablaze in response to a stabbing attack allegedly carried out by a man of Algerian origin on two adults and three children. A few days prior, a more metaphorical fire arose in Holland as long-time anti-Islam campaigner and ‘hard-right’ figure Geert Wilders emerged victorious in the Dutch election.

Australia, too, has had its own upheavals.