Allison Hanes: When terror is not terrorism

The shooting of six worshippers at a mosque in Quebec City in January was lamented around the world as an act of terrorism perpetrated against Muslims.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decried the massacre as a terrorist attack. So did Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard and many others, from elected officials to ordinary folks.
The slayings seemed to fit popular notions of what constitutes terrorism in the eyes of reasonable people. It seemed to satisfy a lay person’s reading of the Criminal C