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by carapat_virulat 3320 days ago
I have to say, I am impressed at how journalists are able to find new ingenious ways to write whole articles about the attacks without mentioning Islam or why it was perpetrated even once.

On a more serious note, we westerners are probably not the target audience of these attacks, so I'm not sure hiding them from our population will do anything to prevent the news from reaching their target audience. I seriously doubt ISIS potential recruits get their news from Buzzfeed.

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Because to do so would be rather unfair on the vast majority of followers who do not share the values of these terrorists. Ever wonder why the world hasn't burnt down? Because there isn't a "sleeper switch" in every Muslim you pass in the streets.

There are discussions of Islam and ISIS - the Atlantic's most popular article covers just that (so thorough that it's praised by ISIS even.) And then there's the likes of the Daily Mail, which rather than heal serves to deepen divisions and hatred - that is the aim of terrorists.

Suppressing when attackers are muslim does not equal equating all muslims with terrorists. Wtf. Lets not censor our news for any reason, nor sensationalize it.