I get that the Left disagrees with Donald Trump's plan to respond to the Orlando terrorist attack — and the San Bernardino shooting, and the Boston Marathon bombing, and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 — with a temporary moratorium on Muslim immigration to America.
I can understand all the objections to Mr. Trump's idea. It would be hard to implement, because would-be immigrants might just lie about their religion. It might prevent the entry into America of moderate Muslims who can help combat extremist violence. It would get the American government into the business of religious discrimination. It wouldn't necessarily stop the terrorism, because some of the extremists are born here.
ORLANDO, Fla. – The shooter who killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub while proclaiming his loyalty to Islamic State was reportedly enrolled in an online Muslim school run by an ex-Marine who preached against homosexuality and encouraged at least one follower to train for terrorist actions.
Omar Mateen, 29, the American son of Afghan immigrants who died after a bloody three-hour siege at the Pulse club, was a student in an Islamic seminary in Orlando now called Timbuktu, set up and run by Marcus Dwayne Robertson, according to Fox News, which cited law enforcement sources it didn't name. To participants in the seminary, Robertson, 47, is known as Abu Taubah, according to the Investigative Project on Terrorism.
