If the murderer had actually been a non-Muslim, there would have been a fierce international outcry over this. But he wasn’t, and so there is no notice of this at all. Even while insisting that Islam is a Religion of Peace, the mainstream media acts as if it knows better by ignoring stories like this — as if to take for granted that Islam teaches violence and that Muslims are going to act upon those teachings.
“Seven killed in Yemen mosque attack during Eid prayers,” by Areeb Hasni for the News Tribe, August 19 (thanks to David):
Aden: Seven people were killed and 11 wounded on Sunday during Eid prayers after a gunman opened fire on a mosque in Southern Yemen, a Defence Ministry official said.
Earlier in the day, a suicide bomber, believed to be associated with an al Qaeda-linked group, blew himself up in the southern Abyan province, killing three and wounding two.
The official said that the mosque shooter appeared not to be related to Islamist militants….
Of course not! He was probably a Christian extremist!
The US has been pouring aid into Yemen to stem the threat of attacks from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and to try to prevent any spillover of violence into neighbouring Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter.