[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]
Haras Rafiq blasted the blame-everyone-but-the-terrorist mindset of many on the left on the 26 February 2015 edition of CNN 's New Day during a discussion of "Jihadi John." Rafiq singled out a British organization, CAGE, for their defense of the ISIS member, who has personally beheaded several Western hostages: "I'm quite disgusted at the way that they've actually tried to co-opt the victim mentality as an excuse almost to try to justify this person's radicalization."