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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
I’m really sick of political correctness regarding the radical Islamists who are committing these terror attacks. Call them what they are - Islamic extremists who are terrorists.

Nobody argues with that definition. But, consistency would require identifying other terrorists by their religion as well. [/quote]

This just seems silly to me. Radical Islam is their cause, so you call them radical Islamic terrorists. If animal rights terrorists attacked a laboratory, we'd call them animal rights terrorists, not Baptist animal rights terrorists or Mormon animal rights terrorists.

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It may seem silly, but sadly the reality is that people who murder in the names of other religions are frequently not identified by their religion. For instance, a Christian who as a result of his religious beliefs kills an doctor who performs abortions, would likely be described as an anti-abortion activist rather than a Christian. If he is described as Christian, it would heavily caveated such a "member of the radical Christian fringe group...". But, more often than not, he will not be identified as a member of any group but simply as a lone wolf.  I have no problem with these practices of identification, but it should be extended to Muslims.

Right now, unless something has recently changed, we don't know who the religion of the killers, though there is some evidence. That evidence could also be a false trail, though I think that is unlikely. But, even assuming the killers are Muslim, we really need to know more than that for the information to be useful. There are all kinds of Muslims. They aren't all the same. For instance, the killers appear to be men. But, all men are not being asked to denounce the attack and distance themselves. People are not talking about "Male Killers". 
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