We sure as hell would if he declared that he'd converted and was doing what he was doing for the glory of Allah. As numerous white people have done. If Adam Gadahn shot up a gay bar, you'd better believe people would blame jihadism, and rightly goddamn so.
Why do we refuse to believe people when they tell us, often with their dying breaths, why they're doing what they're doing?
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