This is a bit... ... silly, honestly. Let's look at the pull quote:

Oh, they're not "Islamic" in the sense that they did something reprehensible, so ya know, they're not Islamic. Obviously.

They aren't Muslim in that they aren't typical Muslims; of course there's hardly anything in common between the practice of a billion people and this psychopathic shit, but they self-identify as Muslims. Did you not see the video of them forcing the girls to recite the Quran?

The article isn't really saying that they aren't Islamic. They are, in fact, Muslim.

Interesting, so Boko Haram, full name "Jamā'at ahl as-sunnah li-d-da'wa wa-l-jihād" (which translates to "the Congregation of the People of Tradition for Proselytism and Jihad"), aren't an Islamist militia?

Pretty sure they think they're Islamic, with their Allah this and Allah that. Just like Al Qaeda. That's not to say that most Muslims arent't grossly offended by Boko Haram. I'm sure they are. But saying that Bolo Haram isn't Islamic is like saying the Salem witch burners weren't Christian.

So, what I got out of this is that somebody changed the words to an Irish folk song and brought it to America, and then somebody changed the words again to something horribly racist, and then ice cream trucks started using the tune without any words, so now ice cream trucks are racist.

Pippy* is the worst.

I lost a bet with a friend when we were teenagers wherein she got to have Matt Damon as a crush and I got Ben Affleck (we grew up in Boston, obviously). He had tiny teeth at the time and I was slightly resentful, but I doggedly stuck to my vow and in the following years defended him against slander involving J.Lo,…

I'm entirely calm. You're the one lecturing and slinging curse words. I'm not being defensive. I'd also still like to know which country you live in that is NOT predominately Asian that had a successful sitcom that features an Asian family. I would indeed like to watch it, as I enjoy shows from other cultures.

You think that's good? I have it on good authority from my aunt's yoga instructor's hairstylist's dog's former roommate's favorite feminist theorist that Beyonce is a terrorist. My little birds are everywhere!

This elevator footage has Solange lookin so crazy right now.

Is it? Is Islamophobia really distracting from the central priority of getting 300 young women free from their abductors?

I'm having a hard time remembering the last time a Christian group kidnapped a group of 300+ girls, forced them to convert to Christianity then promised to sell those girls as "wives" (a/k/a sex slaves) if their criminal compatriots were not released. Enlighten me.

So they aren't GOOD Muslims, but they clearly identify as Muslim, so it makes sense to call them Muslim. Just like we still call hateful, bigoted Christians Christian despite the fact that the Gospels preach against hate and bigotry. Leaving the Islamic aspect out of this would be leaving out a ton of the story. (The…

They're dressed in hijabs and are reading for the Qur'an - how could one avoid mentioning Islam when these girls are apparently being required to practicing it?

Uh...what? These terrorists are much more like Christians than Muslims?

You know what? They're Muslim. Fucking deal with that.

fewer annual rapes occur in India than in the US, despite India having a significantly larger population"

I politely disagree. Whereas in the US you might occasionally hear a "she had it coming because of the short clothes" in India you straight-up cannot go out wearing what you want. Every single person on the road is going to stare and even your classmates, who are supposed to be your equals in every way, will judge…