“What savage barbarian could kill 1,700 persons in cold blood?” asked Khalid al-Atbi, an Iraqi health official. “Savage”? Careful, al-Atbi, or you will tarred as a racist, bigoted “Islamophobe.” And you should know that the Islamic State was only trying to “strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah” (Qur’an 8:60). And why […]