We have rather more basis on which to draw intelligent inferences, but certainty, if ever it is given to us, must await his trial. It is still no more than a small minority taking part, but it is more than it was. But wherever we see large numbers of people acting in the same foul ways, repeating the same foul lines, we are entitled to look for common threads. This is reinforced, in the case of anti-Muslim prejudice, by the tensions aroused after the horrifying Islamist terror attacks across the western world in recent years. Foy mosque at the feet of Kellie Leitch or Donald Trump or any other individual besides the murderer.

Source: National Post January 31, 2017 02:44 UTC