“We will conquer Rome by the will of Allah”. This bravura statement, coming at the end of the ghastly video showing the slaughter of Coptic Christians in Libya, may have been missed by people in the rest of the world (focusing, rightly, on the human tragedy shown on the film), but it wasn’t missed in Italy. The Charlie Hebdo saga was followed particularly closely in Rome by a city aware that it has been singled out, by name, by the so-called Islamic State. What was surprising about the response this time was the glorious display of contempt and sang froid by the Italians who took to Twitter to mock the Islamists’ hashtag, #WeAreComingORome. “Hey just a tip: don’t come in train, it’s every time late!”; “You’re too late, Italy is a