Reaction from the world:
www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/07/how-the-world-reacted-to-a-trump-administration-list-of-underreported-terrorist-attacks/
In Britain, there was confusion as to why certain attacks were included on the list at all. Many noted that a December 2015 incident in Leytonstone, East London, was included on the list, even though there were only three victims and the incident was later linked to the perpetrator's mental health issues rather than terrorism or extremism. On Twitter, some users noted that while the attacker shouted slogans about Syria during the attack, it was the response from an angry bystander that went viral: “You ain't no Muslim bruv.”
Rosie Ayliffe, the British mother of a 21-year-old daughter whose murder was mentioned on the list, hit back personally at her daughter's inclusion. Mia Ayliffe-Chung was killed alongside fellow backpacker Tom Jackson in a knife attack in Queensland, Australia, last August. “My daughter’s death will not be used to further this insane persecution of innocent people,” Ayliffe wrote in an open letter addressed to Trump, the Guardian reported. Ayliffe noted that the suspect in her daughter's murder, French Muslim Smail Ayad, was not believed to have been inspired by religion.
It’s the police who say it wasn’t a terror attack. That’s good enough for me and it should be good enough for Trump,” Ayliffe wrote
However, in other parts of the world, there was confusion about the list. Haaretz, a liberal Israeli newspaper, noted that attacks that took place in Israel were not included.
“While the list includes dozens of attacks that were carried out in countries all across the world, it doesn't mention even one such attack against Israel, a country where dozens of stabbing, car-ramming and shooting attacks have led to the deaths of Israeli citizens, policemen and soldiers in the last two years,” Amir Tibon, a Washington-based correspondent, wrote. “The administration didn't clarify on Monday how the list was composed, and why it made sense to include widely-covered events like the Paris and San Bernardino attacks but leave out any reference to Israel.”