Unless you live in a hole in the ground you know about the tragedy that took place November 5, 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas. The facts that have been released to the public show at least thirteen were killed and many remain in the hospital. These deaths are tragic, but the situation isn’t over yet.
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is a member of the Muslim faith. As news was being reported by various news agencies something caught my attention. A show on Fox News titled “Fox and Friends” began to discuss the shooting from a different angle. The people on the show placed the focus on Islam, and began to suggest that the actions of Maj. Hasan were acceptable to Islamic faith. They went on to suggest that Muslim members of the military probably have special screenings or debriefings to serve their own country, The United States of America.
I would like to tell you plainly that Islam does not condone the actions of Hasan. The Muslim Association of Huntington issued a statement that day condemning the actions. Islam is not a religion of hate.
We need to put this into perspective for a moment. You may remember in the early summer when a man named Scott Roeder claiming to be a Christian murdered Dr. George Tiller in his own church. Roeder is no more a good Christian than Major Hasan is a good Muslim.
Neither religion teaches the practice of murder.
Timothy McVeigh was a Christian, he committed a terrorist act on American soil through the Oklahoma City bombing. The Israeli soldiers who picked up young teenage boys and used them as human shields during the aggression against Palestine last winter, did Yahweh ask them to do that?
These are not isolated incidents. All of the major religions have had both common practice and extremists commit horrible atrocities throughout history to now. Anyone that doesn’t admit that their religion has committed (and in extremist instances continues to) terrible acts is lying to themselves.
Should all Christians or Jews have to go through a special screening like “Fox and Friends,” suggested Muslims should have to.
No.
This nation was not founded on any religion; most of the Founding Fathers were Deists, which is one step from modern Atheism. This nation is founded on freedom of religion and the practice of any religion should not make you subject to special treatment, in favor as many Christians would want, or in bigotry of Islam, again as many fundamentalist Christians would want.
This tragedy is bad enough, lets not make it worse. Do not let bigotry and hate creep into your mind. Hasan is no more a representation of Islam as a whole then I am a representation of Marshall as a whole. Major Hasan has committed a terrible crime. We should not blame anyone but him or those that helped him. Islam as a religion did not support his crime, don’t place the blame on it. Bigotry will only make this tragedy worse for us all who must find a way to progress together.
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The man engaged in Islamic extremist behavior, spoke of suicide bombings as being positive things and shouted out "Allah Akbar" right before killing and injuring innocent people.
When was the last time somebody shouted out "Praise Jesus" before gunning down innocent people?It was a terrorist act because it was politically and religiously motivated. It mimicks the terrorist acts done around the world all with the same connections and the same religion.You need to fact check before making claims as Israeli soliders never used anyone as "human shields." I believe the "palestinians" who herded their children into areas where Israel declared they would attack (places holding weapons) would be a better description of "human shields."
The line that "not ALL Muslims..." is getting old.
Clearly not "all" muslims are terrorists...a minority goes around blowing things up for their religion...
However, the majority DO condone it by not speaking out, by not acting out and not stopping it. Sure the Muslim association will send out a message saying that this particular action was wrong. But why don't they protest over the horrible treatment of women, children, Jews and gays the Muslim world? Why do people have to die before they speak out?And THAT is the point. We don't just blame Hitler and the Nazi soliders for the Holocaust. We also blame every average citizen who did nothing and watched it happen. And that is what the Muslim world is doing. The average citizens who would never harm a soul allow their religious and political leaders to do horrible acts of violence in the name of their religion.But that is honestly besides the point.
The point is not that "not all muslims" are terrorists...we get that.
So why can't we talk about the ones that are?How exactly did an American born man who got a PH.D in Psychology and who joined the military get radicalized to do this? THAT is what we have to pay attention to. Yes we should screen everyone who enters the military...had we not been so afraid of political correctness this man would have been discharged before he could kill anyone. Jews do NOT kill people for their religion. They never have and they never will. There is simply nothing in Judaism to support that.Timothy McVeigh had no religious motivation for the bombing.
Yes people who shoot abortion doctors may be Christians but they don't follow a pattern of shouting out "Praise G-d" before doing so. We have a very well established pattern of Muslim terrorism and this man followed that pattern. And if you didn't notice many Muslim organizations, leaders and internet bloggers enthusiastically praised his actions in the name of Islam.Islam may not "support this crime" but millions upon millions of its followers do.This man did not try to rob a bank. He did not try to kill someone who slept with his wife. He did not kill soliders because he was disgruntled or stressed. He engaged in Islamic extremism. He was born in America but called himself a "Palestinian." He stated that Muslims should be exempt from serving their country because they shouldn't have to attack other Muslims or Muslim countries. He praised suicide bombings. He called the war on terror a war on Islam and he walked calmly into a room of innocent medical soliders, shouted out "Allah Akbar" and then killed them. How much more clear does it have to be?