So the New York Post got failed massively when it released two versions of its front page concerning yesterday’s mass shooting at the social centre in California. As details of the event were slowly released, it was established that the two killers were of Muslim faith. Although no motivation has been discovered, of course the Islamophobes of the world – and the U.S. – shared their sentiment.

But what the New York Post did was despicable.

The first version of the paper, which was printed, featured the headline “MURDER MISSION” in all caps. However, when the paper was released in its digital format a while later, the headline was replaced with “MUSLIM KILLERS”.

Fail. Can we just talk about how the fear of Muslims is playing right into the hand of ISIS? The hate and fear you instill in those of the faith who have nothing to do with the extreme terrorist ideals is eventually going to turn them into resenting – and generalising – you too and BAM, you’re just going to assist ISIS into growing.

I think it’s the lowest common denominator of fear-mongering to change their front page to ‘Muslim Killers. It endangers the Muslim community and it seeks to legitimize anti-Muslim hysteria.

Muslims are no more responsible for yesterday’s terrible events than Christians are for Planned Parenthood.

And as we know, this is not the first time something like this has happened:

This is not the first time something like this has happened. They are always looking to us Muslims to justify ourselves and we just came out of the Paris tragedy, where we had to do the same thing.

The people who shot the victims are psychopaths. In the history of the U.S.A. there have been so many Christian shooters, but you never see a newspaper cover which says ‘Christian Killers.’ You are isolating the entire community.

Irresponsible, the newspaper is decidedly creating a division between Muslims and the rest of the world.

The Islamic State, they are operating on the same fascist principles as Hitler, saying Muslims are the superior race and telling them they are different from everyone else. But that’s what the media is doing, too — telling Americans Muslims are different.

Because ISIS wants to separate Muslims from non-Muslims, the best way to stand up to terrorism is to stand together.

The West must realize we need to live together. Muslims need to be integrated into the community as equals, they need to be respected, Otherwise nothing can be done to make a real change.

Please can you stop generalising when hating on someone? Thank you.

[source: yahoo]