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khaledh•about 2 hours ago
Had it been the other way around, it wouldn't be called a terrorist attack. Examples:

- Munich Olympia Shopping Mall Shooting (2016); classified as "amok run" (rampage) triggered by severe personal bullying and psychological distress.

- Magdeburg Christmas Market Car Attack (2024); classified as "rampage".

- Courtroom Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini (2009) in front of the judge and her 3 year old son; labelled as isolated, localized courtroom security failure.

ImJamal•about 2 hours ago
There are plenty of Islamic terrorist attacks not referred to as terrorism by the media.

The 2009 Fort Hood attack and the 2015 Chattanooga shooting are good examples.

indiangenz•about 2 hours ago
It hardly ever the other way around. Its no secret that Islamists are responsible for most of the terror attacks in Germany and Europe, and here you are justifying terrorists. There is a reason why China does what it does ;-)
khaledh•about 2 hours ago
That's factually false.

US CSIS data says attacks by non-Islamists account for 85% of total attacks, while attacks by Islamists is just 15%.

In Europe, Europol TE-SAT data says it's 59% by non-Islamists vs. 41% by Islamists.

Also, I'm not justifying this attack. I'm pointing out the double-standards.

GenerocUsername•about 1 hour ago
Now do per capita and see that their rate of terror is 10x what it should be. (And that's before readjusting for the undercategorized events being purposefully NOT counted for cultural sympethies)
x3ro•about 1 hour ago
There is an additional aspect to these statistics. Eg a guy set fire to a house last year in Germany, killing four people of turkish descent. They found plenty of nazi paraphernalia in his house, but it was concluded that there was no “right-wing extremist motivation”. So there is a big question of skewed statistics underpinning all of these discussions.