[Cerek]

This certainly looks like a home invasion crime more than a hate crime. Of course, it would help to know exactly what type of remarks the father posted on the internet chat room that led to the suspicion of Muslim terrorists being responsible.
We've had very heated arguments here before - over religion and politics both - but I doubt ANY of the participants were angry enough to actually take action against another member for comments that were made.

It is good to see that the family and church officials were NOT the ones placing the blame on Muslims. It is said to see the president of the American Coptic Association automatically blamed the Muslims, but at least he did attribute to Muslim terrorists rather than Muslims as a whole.

While there is no doubt that there are most likely Muslim terrorists living amongst us, they are no more representative of the Muslim religion than the KKK are representative of Christianity.

I agree that the detective will be watched closely, but they have to be open-minded in their investigation and explore ALL possibilities, including the fact that this may have been a home invasion. The only thing that actually points away from this being a home invasion is the manner in which the family members were killed. If it were a "normal" home invasion, it would be more likely for the family to be shot rather than stabbed. And the placement of the wounds does suggest a symbolic or ritualistic significance to the killings.

A very sensitive case and a terribly tragedy, regardless of who is responsible.