Killeen Muslim Leader Had Bad Feeling About Fort Hood Gunman
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Killeen Muslim Leader Had Bad Feeling About Fort Hood Gunman
A Muslim leader in Killeen says he had a bad feeling about Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan after talking twice in late summer with the Army psychiatrist.
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FORT HOOD (November 7, 2009)--A Muslim leader in Killeen says Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army psychiatrist suspected of going on a shooting rampage Thursday at Fort Hood, asked him for advice on what he should tell soldiers who had concerns about going to fight Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Osman Danquah, who is a co-founder of the Islamic Community of Greater Killeen, said he had a bad feeling about Hasan after the two talked twice in late summer.

He told The Associated Press Saturday that Hasan regularly attended services at the mosque in his uniform.

Danquah said Hasan never mentioned any anger toward the Army or indicated he had any plans for violence, but said he seemed incoherent during their second conversation.

Danquah said he told Hasan that there was "something wrong with you."

Authorities say before the shooting rampage Thursday, Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave food to a neighbor and thanked another for his friendship, common courtesies of a departing soldier.

Investigators have examined Hasan's computer, his home and his garbage.

Relatives say Hasan felt harassed as a Muslim but was not an extremist, but a recent classmate said Hasan once gave a jarring presentation in which he argued the war on terrorism was a war against Islam.

Many Islamic leaders say the Fort Hood shooting could pose the sternest test for U.S. Muslims since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Muslims nationwide expressed shock, anger and fear that efforts to erase anti-Islamic stereotypes could erode in the wake of the shooting.

The confirmation of Hasan's faith has prompted major Muslim groups and mosques to condemn the killings and praise the service of Muslim Americans in the U.S. military, but some Muslims say they are weary of apologizing for others' actions.

Hasan was transferred Friday from Scott & White Hospital in Temple to Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, where he was reported to be in stable condition.


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Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 10, 2009 at 05:57 PM

@ Army Wife, as a fellow Army Wife I could not agree with you more. @ Anonymous, you are spot on, and I thank you for bring up the fact that these horrific crimes have been committed by other religions as well. Radicals, regardless of their religion, ethnic background, or political views are a threat to us all. @ An Infidal, it has nothing to do with political correctness, which is a phrase that means absolutely nothing in this context, contrary to what some radical commentators would have you believe. Many of us who choose to lay the blame at the feet of those who actually perpetrate crimes have done our research. The mindset you are portraying reminds me of the scare tactics used by another person, who in order to justify his hate for an ethnic group who held a belief system he did not approve of,committed horrific crimes against humanity in the 1940's.
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Posted by: an infidel Location: in their eyes on Nov 8, 2009 at 12:37 PM

They apologize because behind closed doors they applaud his actions! Islam and western civilization are not compatible! You can continue to drink the kool-aid served up by the political correctness police or you can make up your own mind by doing research! Look to europe for your answers! What's happening there will soon happen here! BTW its too late to stop it!
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Posted by: army wife Location: killeen on Nov 8, 2009 at 10:14 AM

The muslim community should not apologize for the actions of this one man. they were not the ones that pulled the trigger he did all on his own.
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