Two Muslims dead after shooting five cops in New Jersey.
News coverage and commentary are asserting that the perpetrators had no other identity or activity in their lives besides their religious practice and their criminal activity.
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Muse 1:07 pm on July 17, 2009 Permalink |
Wow. I heard about this shootout yesterday but I had no idea the criminals were Muslims.
Rabiya 12:57 am on July 19, 2009 Permalink |
You know, usually when it’s not a Muslim involved, Muslims don’t notice that crime stories tend to focus on the criminal activities of criminals rather than how much they loved unicorns and their favorite foods.
pi.info 5:37 am on July 19, 2009 Permalink |
It’s (usually) arbitrary and selective to simplify people this way, and it seems to happen with great frequency to Muslims. Show me articles where the subjects are reduced to their criminal activity and their unicorn love, or criminal activity and their cooking and then this becomes less of an issue for a Muslim blog.
* I say “usually” because occasionally people are that simple and fanatical.