Mass shooting and hostage taking at Orlando gay nightclub appears to be Islamic terrorism (UPDATED)

Say the words, Mr. Obama: is-lam-ic ter-ror-ism.

"This appears to be pic of the shooter, and he still has pics up on a myspace. 

Troubling, wearing NYPD clothing, we do note that such clothing can be 

bought easily." Weasel Zippers

Thomas Lifson  "If the early indications of Islamic terror being the motivation for a mass slaughter of homosexuals prove to be true, jihad should become a top concern of the LGBT political movement.  The evidence is quickly mounting that Islamic terror was at the root of shooting 20 dead (as far as is currently known) and wounding 42 others, as well as taking hostages. The UK Daily Mail reports:

A suspected Islamic extremist wielding an assault rifle and a handgun has killed about 20 people after taking party-goers hostage inside a gay nightclub in Orlando.

The gunman was carrying a suspicious device, possibly a suicide vest, when he opened fire inside Pulse in the early hours of this morning.

Orlando Police Chief John Mina said authorities have not determined the exact number of people killed, but that 'approximately 20' have died. Another 42 people were taken to hospital.

An FBI spokesman said the mass shooting is being investigated as an act of terrorism. He explained authorities are looking into whether this was an act of domestic or international terror, and if the shooter was a lone wolf.

UPDATE:  Video: In Orlando Sheikh Farrokh Sekaleshfar Calls For The Death Of All Homosexuals
. . . "So that said is there a plausible reason for why it is that Omar Mateen targeted a gay night club for his act of religiously motivated killing?

"Yes there is! How about a religious leader, Sheikh Farrokh Sekaleshfar, calling for that to happen as the video below filmed in 2013 at the Husseini Islamic Center in Sanford, Florida shows?

"And yet Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton along with the rest of the feckless Democrats continue to refuse to utter the phrase, Islamic extremism."