Washington Post Speaks of Orlando Jihad as ‘Gun Violence,’ Not Islamic Terror

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The Washington Post, in its one-year look-back on the horrific terror attack that killed 49 innocents at the Orlando nightclub Pulse, completely overlooked mention of the words “Islam” or “jihad,” and instead focused on the “gun violence” angle.

Omar Mateen shot and killed 49 at an Orlando nightclub a year ago, after which investigators found he had carried out the attacks in honor of Allah — as an act of jihad.

Talk about a biased piece — an Islam apologist piece.

It’s been a year since that attack, and apparently the left-leaning media still can’t comprehend that America was struck by an Islamic terrorist. And what makes this failure to recognize truths all the more egregious is that the Islamic terror attack at Pulse was a targeting of gays — one of the very populations the left pretends to care about and defend.

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From Mediaite (thanks to Jihad Watch):

“It’s been one year since the horrific Orlando nightclub terror attack at the hands of a radical Islamic terrorist and the Washington Post is still trying to figure out what could have possibly motivated the mass murder.

“On Monday, the Post published a strange column––flagged by the Washington Free Beacon this morning––that omitted any mention that Islamic terrorism played a role in the slaughter of 49 innocent people at the Pulse nightclub on that June evening in Orlando, FL.

“In a piece titled ‘A year ago, 49 people died at Pulse Nightclub. Today, Orlando remembers,’ author Katie Mettler completely disregards the self-proclaimed motivations of the terrorist Omar Mateen. Mettler refused to acknowledge any correlation between Islam or terror and the attack, instead choosing to point the finger at ‘gun violence.’

“While describing a memorial service for the victims, Mettler said, “By the end of the night, more than 1,000 people had gathered to remember what happened last June, when Orlando became the first U.S. city of the summer — before Falcon Heights, Minn., and Baton Rouge and Dallas — to be upended by gun violence.”

“What makes the WaPo column so bizarre, even for radical Islamist apologists, is that there wasn’t any speculation to be made regarding the motives of Omar Mateen. This was not a case of supposed Islamophobes blaming religion for the actions of a man who just happened to have a Muslim name.

“According to the transcripts from the 911 call, Mateen was quite clear as to what inspired his murderous rampage.

“‘Praise be to God, and prayers as well as peace be upon the prophet of God,’ Mateen said in Arabic before switching to English: ‘I wanna let you know, I’m in Orlando and I did the shootings.’

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James Crawford
James Crawford
6 years ago

Just following the cue of President Obama who so cynically diverted attention from Islamic terrorism by blaming the massacre on guns and the “debate over gay marriage,” meaning conservative Christians.

Of course if President Obama had a bastard son, he would look like Omar Mateen.

Drifter12
Drifter12
6 years ago

They comprehend the truth just fine but they choose to cover it up, Like the enemies of freedom that they are..

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
6 years ago

The more the lame stream media try to whitewash the black face of muslims terrorists, the blacker they come out. By drawing attention to this problem, they are keeping discussion of the incident and the stupidity that is involved in today’s media.

Meoldfart Fartme
Meoldfart Fartme
6 years ago

Gun Violence ?? and when a head is chopped off its knife violence – baseball bat bash would be a bat violence – slap across the face with a catfish be cat violence – me posting -> islamcomicbook.com <- mo ham it up violence – see that pigs big butt LSM; give it a big wet kiss for pig violence —

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6 years ago

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R. Arandas
R. Arandas
6 years ago

Liberals always try to either victimize or deflect using bizarre techniques, for example, immediately bringing up the gun control argument to divert from the real cause, which is clearly religious fanaticism and radicalization.

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6 years ago
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rossriver75 .
rossriver75 .
6 years ago

I feel certain that of all of the people killed in Orlando, Manchester young people and their parents, plus in many other such terrorist attacks, that – in total – you could count on two hands the people who were not leftists. It is the left supporting liberals that are being killed because they represent the kind of lifestyle and entertainment that Islamists hate and attack. Those who survived and were wounded must wrestle terribly in their minds for went went wrong with their foolish ideology.

Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
6 years ago

The propaganda column is all of a piece. Remember how all references to Allah and other such protestations were scrubbed from the initial releases of shooter Mateen’s extensive 911 calls at the behest of AG Loretta Lynch? The only reasons for buying a newspaper these days is the crossword puzzle and the obituaries and I am beginning to question why they see fit to drag the dead into it.

az
az
6 years ago

Just lie shameless all the way then: “Committed by an Asian man, sympathizer to the far right white nationalism causes”. …and confuse your leftist friends, by attacking your opposition. Doesn’t matter if you’re blaming a few billions of Innocent Asians (Indians, Chinese,etc) while you’re at it.

durabo
durabo
6 years ago

Imagine THAT: inert devices, such as guns, hammers, trucks, screwdrivers, etc. come to life and strike out at the population!
Rod Serling and Alfred Hitchcock, where are you?

James Stamulis
James Stamulis
6 years ago

It was another gun free zone(death trap) and Islam and criminals love gun free zones. Just one concealed carrier could have saved tens of lives.

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bannedquran20
bannedquran20
6 years ago

islamic sympathizers.

Bill Kay
Bill Kay
6 years ago

True Americans should boycott these liberal propaganda rags , and Media as they have an agenda , and it`s not good !

Ludlow Porch
Ludlow Porch
6 years ago

You can quote me on this! “the Washington Post” is the best kept paper in outhouses all across the South!

Guy Matthew
Guy Matthew
6 years ago

‘stinkin’ Jeff Bezos… …this is why I refuse to buy from Amazon

Steve Sarchet
Steve Sarchet
6 years ago

So let me get this straight, if muslims blow me up with a pressure cooker it’s pressure cooker violence & if they run me over with a truck it’s truck violence. And when the media write stuff like this it’s just plain ignorance. Islamic violence is due to their religious ideology regardless of their weapon of choice! Liberal opinions based on ignorance of Islam for political correctness is a perversion.

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