I’ve actually had people try to argue with me when I tell them Arabic-speaking Christians and Jews also use the word Allah, even though proving it is as simple as opening an Arabic copy of the Bible: it’s right there in Genesis 1:1.

This is all I have to say to you.

“MOLON LABE!” 

This is a great cast!!

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are to blame.

An interesting tidbit, given that this attacker had a note expressing allegience to ISIS in his truck [Rumiyah is Daesh’s online magazine; it was Dabiq until Syrian rebels took that town away from them (during a very successful FSA campaign against Daesh in towns in northern Aleppo province last year); Dabiq was an…

Good trollin’.

No, no, he said potatoes are greatest.

The Times reported that “handwritten notes in Arabic” were found near the crashed truck that allegedly declared Saipov’s allegiance to ISIS

Poor guy was all excited about his impending “martyrdom,” but he’s going to rot in prison instead. Tsk. 

And authorities held off labeling terrorism till they had details to back it up, which is how it should be done. (As opposed to people on social media who heard “truck hits people” and immediately started digitally yelling about Islamic terrorism, which is how it should not be done.)

The always-excellent Rukmini Callimachi is covering this, naturally, for anyone interested:

There are plenty of Muslim girls who start wearing them well before adulthood. And they’re pretty standard among teenage girls in a lot of places.

Hijab is used in the Quran, but it wasn’t an article of clothing at the time.

Any Christians who think their religion preaches fear of “the other” needs to turn out whatever right-wing evangelical preachers they’re listening to and actually read their Bibles.

Still better then an average church goer.

if your going to a church then you are probably already either 1) At the lower end of the IQ spectrum

Hell yes. I so hope this scene makes it into the show.