How do you describe an attack in which a person shouts “Allahu Akbar” (God is great) before attacking someone? Especially if the police go on to say they don’t know the motive?

People fed up with the inability of mainstream media outlets and governmental organizations to label terrorist attacks motivated by the Islamist ideology have decided to term it Allahu Akbar Syndrome.

The “syndrome” is described as a sudden-onset mental illness that is spreading throughout the world, seemingly with no underlying cause.

Please understand, not everyone who suffers from Allahu Akbar Syndrome is a bad person. Some are simply violent religious fanatics who just want to go to heaven.

Such banter has a serious purpose. It holds up our government to scrutiny and helps us focus on the essential question: What does cause people to scream “Allahu Akbar” before plunging a knife into a perfect stranger?