"The driver is a 38-year-old Dutchman"
Yep, probably a Muslim.
I get a kick when I read something like "20 year old British man, Hussien Ali Mohammed, planted a bomb....."
Sometimes they use their western name for the first couple weeks of reporting. And then the muslim name surfaces.
Richard Reid (shoebomber) and Charles Bishop/Bishra (Tampa teen suicide pilot) are a couple examples.
Yep what you describe is another media and corrupt politician evasive technique i.e. reports which read; ‘Juan Maria Garcia a well known American said yesterday...’ It is becoming a little tiresome.