The terror attacks that would quickly culminate in Christchurch did not only target Muslims. This is because in the mythological narrative of the murderous and hate-filled, any minority group can be implicated when it suits the purposes of white supremacists. A mass murderer can reconcile striking at a different group as a "roundabout way" of striking at Muslims.

XREF: Connects to broader literature on white supremacist ideology treating multiple marginalized groups as interchangeable enemies under a unifying racist worldview.

Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Gl…, loc. 75