Wednesday, November 11, 2015

No Coincidence

The always quotable Mark Steyn, in his most recent column, cites a page from his book America Alone. See what he wrote:
Not long after September 11th I said, just as an aside, that these days whenever something goofy turns up on the news chances are it involves some fellow called Mohammed. It was a throwaway line but, if you want to compile chapter and verse, you can add to the list every week.
A plane flies into the World Trade Center? Mohammed Atta.
A sniper starts killing gas-station customers around Washington, DC? John Allen Muhammed.
A guy fatally stabs a Dutch movie director? Mohammed Bouyeri.
A gunman shoots up the El Al counter at Los Angeles airport? Hesham Mohamed Hedayet.
A terrorist slaughters dozens in Bali? Noordin Mohamed.
A British subject self-detonates in a Tel Aviv bar? Asif Mohammed Hanif.
A terrorist cell bombs the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania? Ali Mohamed.
A gang rapist preys on the women of Sydney? Mohammed Skaf.
A Canadian terror cell is arrested for plotting to bomb Ottawa and behead the Prime Minister? Mohammed Dirie, Amin Mohamed Durban and Yasim Abdi Mohamed.
And the list doesn't include Faisal Mohammed, this fall's knife-wielding freshman at University of California Merced. Quite a track record for a religion of peace, don't you think?

I wish someone would ask President Obama to explain how their name-in-common is merely a coincidence. How their shared faith has nothing whatsoever to do with their violent behavior.