ISIS ≠ Islam

A wrap-up of the weekend’s ISIS news. On Sunday, ISIS killed more than fifty people in Iraq, mostly innocent civilians. On Saturday, ISIS members hacked a Hindu tailor to death with a machete in Bangladesh. ISIS is suspected in a car bombing in Turkey that killed two policeman and injured eighteen. And ISIS released a mass extinction video that targets Turkey.

Given such media coverage, perhaps it’s little wonder that Westerners blame Islam. “Terrorist go back to where you came from,” shouted passersby at a Mosque in Arizona.

Hate crimes against Muslims tripled in the months following the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino. This spike has included assaults against hijab-wearing students, vandalism and arson at mosques, as well as shootings and death threats at Islamic-owned businesses.