In DOJ-Edited Transcript of Orlando Shooter���s 911 Call, ���Allah��� Replaced with ���God���

 The Justice Department has released what amounts to ���its��� version of the 911 call made by Orlando gay nightclub shooter Omar Mateen, replacing the mass murderer���s references to ���Allah��� with ���God.���

Mateen made the call while he was in the process of killing scores of people inside of Pulse nightclub on June 12, in what most see as a terrorist attack inspired by radical Islam. Although many have pointed to the nightclub���s gay orientation, as well as Mateen���s alleged declarations of hatred toward homosexuals, as the reasons to see the attack as one rooted in homophobia, Mateen pledged allegiance to the Islamic State during his rampage, and ISIS later claimed responsibility for the attack through an encrypted chat forum.

During the 911 call, Mateen recited an Islamic prayer in which he said:

���Praise be to Allah, and prayers as well as peace be upon the prophet of Allah [in Arabic]. I let you know, I���m in Orlando and I did the shootings.���

However, the transcript released by the Justice Department reflects that part of the call in the following way:

���Praise be to God, and prayers as well as peace be upon the prophet of God [in Arabic]. I let you know, I���m in Orlando and I did the shootings.���

Attorney General Loretta Lynch admitted that the DOJ would be cleansing from the transcript any references to Islamic terrorism. The justification for doing so, in her words, is that ���we���re not going to���further proclaim this man���s pledges of allegiance to terrorist groups, and further his propaganda. We are not going to hear him make his assertions of allegiance [to the Islamic State].���

Cynical observers see the reason for the edits rooted less in an attempt at psychological warfare, as implied by Lynch, and more in a politically-correct effort by the Obama administration to keep Islam from being portrayed in a negative light.

By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large