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The Moderate Voice: Details Emerging About Accused Fort Hood Massacre Shooter Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan
Pajamas Media: Understanding Fort Hood: Nothing ‘Sudden’ About ‘Sudden Jihad Syndrome’
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Web post by Fort Hood murderer Major Nidal Malik Hasan could shed light on motives - http://bit.ly/4ergsZ #tcot 15 days ago |
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Details Emerging About Accused Fort Hood Massacre Shooter Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan
The Moderate Voice —
... off guard that would be considered a strategic victory. Their intention is not to die because of some despair. The same can be said for the Kamikazees in Japan. They died (via crashing their planes into ships) to kill the enemies for the homeland. You can call them crazy i you want but their act was not one of suicide that is despised by Islam. So the scholars main point is that “IT SEEMS AS THOUGH YOUR INTENTION IS THE MAIN ISSUE” and Allah (SWT) knows best.”
Times Online reports:
The posting was analysing rather than glorifying the ...
Understanding Fort Hood: Nothing ‘Sudden’ About ‘Sudden Jihad Syndrome’
Pajamas Media —
... But while the events were “horrible,” they should have come as a “shock” to no one — at least if by “shock” they mean “surprised that Hasan would turn so violent.” Hasan was a devout Muslim who, prior to his transfer to the Texas base, attended a conservative mosque on a daily basis and was known by associates to occasionally rant about U.S. involvement in the War on Terror. Press accounts also claim that Hasan had at one time been the subject of an FBI investigation because of an internet posting bearing his name which justified suicide bombings. No one should be shocked ...
In search of Hasan's syndrome
Power Line —
... The Times (of London) reports that Hasan appears to have posted thoughts online expressing his regard for suicide bombers. In the post at issue he compared the actions of an American soldier who threw himself on a grenade in Iraq with the actions of Islamist suicide bombers. ...
