Post #1 ~ Lies, damned lies, statistics, and polls!
My theory of the case. Mateen was a homosexual. I know, there are those who say that he frequented the gay bar in order to case the joint, but I think he was gay. Now being a gay Muslim is bad news. Automatic Hell. As a Muslim, he was deeply conflicted. BUT, Islam offers a get out of Hell card. If you die as a martyr, you INSTANTANEOUSLY go to heaven. Instantaneously. This is a powerful motivation for a homosexual Muslim. He dies as a martyr, he achieves paradise.
Those who seek to distance Islam from this are wrong. The teachings of Islam are DIRECTLY responsible for this.