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Islam, the new normal – and the new bigotry

3 August 2016

8:03 AM

3 August 2016

8:03 AM

The desire to absolve Islam from any wrongdoing, and to distract their constituents can sometimes be fun to watch. Lest the details get in the way, the BBC ran a headline last week “Syrian migrant dies in German blast.” Of course, the Syrian migrant was a suicide bomber, and the German blast (Deutschesprengen, anyone?) emanated from the bomb in his backpack.

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