Actually, there may be some sense to this

Submitted by Peter Herz (United States), Mar 2, 2013 at 09:38

I have a certain amount of sympathy for the officials who do not point out that the killers in these cases were Muslim and may have been religiously motivated. I am in principle opposed to the whole idea of "hate crimes"--as if murdering someone of a different ethnicity, religion, or gender makes a crime more heinous. And while I as a Christian hold no candle for the Islamic religion, I note that lots of Muslims live peaceably in the USA, and should be respected.

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