ANOTHER IN THE NO-SURPRISE-HERE DEPARTMENT:

A Jewish rabbi needed treatment in hospital after being attacked as he left a synagogue in eastern Paris on Friday.

Rabbi Gabriel Farhi was stabbed in the stomach by an unknown assailant who then fled the scene.

Mr Farhi, 34, said his wound was “large but not deep”.

The rabbi told the French news agency AFP that he had earlier received a threatening letter referring to Jihad – the Muslim holy war – against enemies of the Palestinians. . . .

“Someone rang at the door, I opened and a man a bit shorter than me… wearing a motorbike helmet with its visor down said Allahu Akbar [God is Great] and then stabbed me,” Mr Farhi told AFP.

He said the stranger had a perfect French accent.

Somebody needs to explain to the guy that Islam is a religion of peace, and does not countenance such acts.