Arab and Muslim media on the Trump shooting: Dark jokes, darker warnings

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Some commenters also reflected on the apparent rise of Christian nationalism in America, noting that two-thirds of white evangelical Christians saw Trump as an ally in advancing their agenda and that new laws in Louisiana and Oklahoma, respectively, mandated posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms and teaching Bible lessons in public schools.
33% : Here are two comments, originally written in Arabic in WhatsApp:There were also many far more sober comments, suggesting that since Trump seems closer to regaining the White House after the assassination attempt, Muslims should expect another travel ban and other forms of U.S. government persecution.
33% : Many Pakistani social media posters, writing in English, said they expected further punitive measures from Trump in a second term.
32% : "The Gulf Times of Qatar was even more direct: "As ugly as it may sound, the attempt to assassinate Trump is somewhat normal, in the sense that it is consistent with a widespread pattern of recourse to brute force in American life.
30% : Curiously enough, some Muslim commenters had apparently paid attention to comments made by evangelicals at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, used to make their point that Trump and his party are opposed to Islam.
30% : Commenters noted that Trump was described as a Christian martyr, who had been falsely accused and convicted just as Jesus was.
26% : Now Trump hopes to bring the ban back, eight years later.
19% : Social media comments, however, were another story, often reflecting the widespread view of Trump as an enemy of Muslims -- if not of Islam in general.
19% : "Many commenters on Arab and Islamic social media launched personal attacks on Trump, particularly focused on the "Muslim ban" from the beginning of his presidential term.
13% : Many Muslims seemed convinced that Trump had staged the Pennsylvania incident: One commenter stated that since Trump was "al-Shaitan" (Satan or the devil), he was clearly capable of doing that.

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