The man who went on a stabbing rampage Wednesday at the University of California, Merced, praised Allah in a two-page manifesto recovered from his body, the Merced County Sheriff said Thursday …
[Sheriff Verne Warnke] told a crowd of reporters Thursday “there is nothing to indicate this was anything other than a teenage boy who got upset with fellow classmates.”
Asked if the manifesto made any references to Allah, Warnke said there were, but dismissed any suggestion that Mohammad was motivated by religion.
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Reports of these incidents follow the same old tiresome pattern. It’d be more interesting if, when there actually is nothing to do with Islam, a reporter asked about it.
Could this be a likely scenario?
Reporter: Is this one of those nothing-to-do-with-Islam attacks?
Police spokesperson: No, not at all. It has nothing to do with Islam.
Reporter: Can I quote you on that? That it has nothing to do with Islam?
Police spokesperson: No, absolutely not, because it has nothing to do with Islam.
Reporter: Sorry, I’m confused. If you won’t say it has nothing to do with Islam, are you suggesting it could have something to do with Islam?
Police spokesperson: No, I’m not, because it has nothing to do with Islam.
Reporter: OK, so then it is a nothing-to-do-with-Islam attack.
Police spokesperson: No, you cannot say that! It has nothing to do with Islam!
Reporter: Riiight.
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