The Media Still Doesn't Understand the Connection Between Islamic Terrorism and Islam

We live in an era when acts of terrorism happen with frightening regularity. The recent attack in lower Manhattan brought the sad reality of Islamic terror back to American soil again. Sayfullo Saipov drove a rented truck along a bike path blocks away from the site of the 9/11 attacks and plowed into unsuspecting people, killing eight.

Here's what we know. Saipov followed the instructions from ISIS-related social media accounts for lone wolf vehicular attacks. His own social media accounts included links to ISIS-related groups. Authorities found a note near the truck Saipov rented that declared — in Arabic — that ISIS would live forever. Witnesses reported that Saipov shouted "Allahu akbar," the Arabic phrase for "Allah is great," as he exited the truck.

"Allahu akbar." That's the sticking point that the mainstream media can't get around. It's as if the press can't bring themselves to admit that Islamic terrorism is Islamic, and the way they address that very phrase proves that they don't want to make the connection between Islamic terrorism and Islam.

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