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Fort Hood shooter a devout, observant Muslim
Jihad Watch —
... Evidently he was not a convert to Islam, but was a lifelong -- and observant -- Muslim. "At least 12 killed in shooting at Fort Hood, Tex.," by William Branigin and Carrie Johnson for the Washington Post, November 5 (thanks to Peter Collier): ...
Ft Hood shooter was member of extremist Salafi mosque in DC area
The Jawa Report —
November 05, 2009 Ft Hood shooter was member of extremist Salafi mosque in DC area The Washington Post has a good background article on the Ft Hood shooter, Malik Nidal Hasan: Hasan attended the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring and was "very devout," according to Faizul Khan, a former imam at the center. Khan said Hasan attended prayers at least once a day, seven days a week, often in his Army fatigues. Khan also said Hasan applied to an annual matrimonial seminar that matches Muslims looking for spouses. "I don't think he ever had a match, because he had too many ...
Fort Hood murderer a Muslim U.S. Army psychiatrist
Peoples Press Collective —
I have a few questions for you, my readers, at the end of this note. I hope you’ll take a moment to respond with your answers as comments to this post.
Yesterday’s horrific murder of at least 12 soldiers at the Army base at Fort Hood, Texas, was reportedly committed by U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a psychiatrist who lived in suburban Maryland.
Hasan is an American citizen with reports varying as to whether his parents are Jordanian or Palestinian. (The could be both, as many Palestinians became refugees in Jordan during the various wars in the region.) Some news reports are saying that Hasan was a convert to Islam (including in the video ...
Fort Hood was a jihadist attack
Stop The ACLU —
... is looking more and more like a terrorist attack, raged by a devout Muslim who didn’t want to kill other Muslims. So instead, he waged a jihad on American soldiers. Here’s what we’re finding out so far. He was a very devout Muslim who was looking for a Muslim wife, one who prayed five times a day. He attended prayers at least once a day himself. He allegedly ...
The massacre at Fort Hood
Political Animal —
... reporters on the shooting, said the preliminary evidence did not suggest that the rampage had been an act of terrorism. There were also reports about multiple shooters. It appears that three other soldiers were taken into custody, but their roles in the incident are unclear. While a local congressman said they were later released, the Army did not confirm this. Attention now turns, of course, to Hasan, who he is, and what motivated him to attack. Based on what we've learned, Hasan is a Virginia-born doctor who once practiced at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He graduated ...
Hate Runs Amok in Post's Comments Section - Again
Maryland Politics Watch —
Four of Maryland's biggest blogs - MPW, Rockville Central, Just Up the Pike and Annapolis Capital Punishment - ban anonymous comments. Why? Because none of us wants to enable the hate rhetoric that occasionally bubbles up on the Washington Post's website. The following comments were posted to an essay written by Egypt's Grand Mufti condemning the recent murders at Fort Hood. GIBO Yes... but the Grand Mufti wouldnt object if Islam took over the world anyway as is the global plan. All of Europe is beginning to get eaten up by the muslim populations and nothing is done, as yet, to end the ...
