What a relief!

Earlier I read that ISIS publicly praised a Muslim man who went on a California stabbing spree.

A student who ‘smiled’ as he stabbed four people inside a classroom at the University of California, Merced, before he was killed by police has been identified. Faisal Mohammad, a freshman from Santa Clara who majored in computer science and engineering, was shot dead by officers after his violent campus rampage on Wednesday morning, that has reportedly drawn praise from ISIS. The 18-year-old, described as antisocial by his roommate, was supposedly ‘having fun’ as he lunged at his classmates. He is said to have slashed a fellow student in the throat with a hunting knife before a construction worker thwarted the attack. Police are still investigating the contents of a backpack he was carrying at the time, while a witness said a bomb squad detonated something near the scene.

Not to worry. According to police, the stabbing attack was not religious in nature, but personal:

Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke said they found nothing in Mohammad’s history, his belongings, or his computer to indicate there was anything other than personal motivations to carry out the attack. He said Mohammad’s backpack contained zip-tie handcuffs, petroleum jelly, a night scope, and a hammer to break windows. There was also a handwritten note that had a list of the items in his backpack, but not explanation for the stabbing incident. Warnke described the petroleum jelly as a “poor man’s C4” explosive — which is why the bomb squad was called out to neutralize the backpack. Sheriff Warnke said the FBI looked into Mohammad’s background and family and found nothing to indicate terrorist ties. When asked about an ISIS tweet that praised Mohammad’s actions, Warnke said ISIS was most likely just taking advantage of the attacker’s ethnic name to instill terror.

Phew! Obviously, it’s safe to bring thousands more like him into this country. Anyone who thinks otherwise is obviously Islamophobic. And obviously, what we really need is gun control!

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Obviously, I’m being paranoid:

According to the sheriff the suspect intended to shoot people, attack a police office and had a specific target in mind who had kicked him out of a study group. The suspect listed students by name. He had planned to tie students to desks and draw out police to steal a gun and shoot people.

The sheriff said this is not terrorism, just a step above a high school grudge, but the suspect did praise Allah in his writings.

And obviously, had the same suspect praised Jesus in his writings, there’d have been no excitement or media interest at all.

Phew!

Right?