Bullshit works for people who do not use their own brain. QAnon is working very well in US, religious leader convince their followers that God has chosen to be our leader. Still 1/4 of the population still believe that 2020 us election was stolen.
Mid-easterners can not blame to GOD for any disaster, they can not point index finger to him so they have to come up with new, so he did.
Someone may have blamed American for Beirut fertilizer blast too.
People often use religion for their dirty work.