Whether or not he acted on behalf of ISIS, Stephen Paddock’s crime only adds to the statistics of that white American males are the main terrorist threat in the U.S.:
- Heavily-armed Gunman Kills at Least 58 in Las Vegas Concert Shooting (Reuters)
- White American Men Are a Bigger Domestic Terrorist Threat than Muslim Foreigners (Vox)
In England officials are open-minded as to whether the stabbing of a 15-year old was racially or religiously motivated:
The story of Singapore’s new president “is a breakthrough for both Muslims and women, two minority populations. Yacob is Singapore’s first ethnic Malay president in nearly fifty years”:
- First Veiled Muslim Head Of State (The Media Line)
After “China and Russia supported [Myanmar’s] government while the United States, Britain, and France demanded an end to ‘ethnic cleansing’ of its Rohingya Muslim minority” …
- UN Security Council Split on Rohingya Crisis (Christian Science Monitor)
… Bangladesh reports “a ‘working group’ to plan the repatriation of more than half a million Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled to Bangladesh”:
Muslim Ban 3.0 violates the Supreme Court’s June 26 order by barring even those with a bona fide relationship,” and further “is being weaponized in odd but predictable ways”:
“Polls suggest that Hamas would win in both Gaza and the West Bank. Nonetheless, the move is being hailed by PA officials as a victory for Abbas”:
- Do Unity Moves Put Hamas Back in the Driving Seat in Gaza? (Jonathan Cook)
