Did Islam Play a Role in Orlando Terror Attack? Bet You Can’t Guess How Folks in a Well-Known Liberal Neighborhood Respond to This Question

By Dave Urbanski

Filmmaker Ami Horowitz — known for his spot-on sidewalk interviews that humorously expose flaws in everyday people’s thinking — descended last week upon the streets of a New York City neighborhood that’s become the Mecca for all things hip and progressive: Williamsburg in Brooklyn.

Here Horowitz had a simple question for those shuttling between coffee shops and cafes: Did Islam play a role in the Orlando terror attack?

Given that gunman Omar Mateen pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, reportedly had connections to radical Muslim teachers, took trips to the Middle East and in the end targeted a gay nightclub where he killed 49 people, one might assume even in a liberal hotbed that more than a few folks would acknowledge Islam’s role.

Well, that’d be a big ‘ol nope.

“I don’t think it had much to do with Islam, to be honest,” one woman said. “I think it was another situation of a lonely, deranged male.” She later added, “People are not evil, this is ignorance.”

“I don’t think it’s fair to say Islam played a role in this,” a man answered.

“I don’t think it was an Islamic crime,” another guy said.

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Source:: The Blaze