Dutch children apologize for terrorism

In the Netherlands and elsewhere, it has become a default expectation in recent years that certain communities, and Muslims in particular, apologize for and formally distance themselves from matters that occur in other parts of the world - especially acts of terrorism. The consequence is that certain groups and individuals are constantly associated with terrible evens they have nothing to do with. This mechanism – also known as “guilt by association” or the imposition of “collective guilt” – has become norm