ANOTHER CASE OF SUDDEN JIHAD SYNDROME

A Saudi man named Abdulsalam Al-Zahrani is the alleged killer of his Jewish professor. The New York Daily News reports that Al-Zahrani used a kitchen knife to stab his 77 year-old professor named Richard Antoun. Beyond the murder itself, the most stunning development may be the lengths authorities seem to be willing to go in order to play down the possibility this could be Jihad.

Antoun (pictured) was a professor of middle eastern studies and considered to be a peace activist.

Somehow, authorities have magically concluded that despite Al-Zahrani having written extensively about the middle east in general and Muslim scholars prior to the 11th century in particular, the murder was not religiously motivated. The DAILY NEWS reports:

Officials said the murder did not appear to be a hate crime and that Zahrani may have had an academic beef with Antoun - one of the advisers on his dissertation.

"There is no indication of religious or ethnic motivation," said Broome County District Attorney Gerald Mollen.

Let's see. A Muslim who has made middle eastern studies a primary focus of his attention, kills an elderly Jewish man and authorities have already determined it's not a hate crime.

Add another victim to the list of Sudden Jihad Syndrome's victims.



h/t to WND