Muslims at Fort Voice Outrage and Ask Questions

The New York Times ^ | 11-7-09 | MICHAEL MOSS

[Justaham]

KILLEEN, Tex. — Leaders of the vibrant Muslim community here expressed outrage on Friday at the shooting rampage being laid to one of their members, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who had become a regular attendee of prayers at the local mosque.

But some of the men who had befriended Major Hasan at the mosque said the military should examine the policies that might have caused him to snap.

“When a white guy shoots up a post office, they call that going postal,” said Victor Benjamin II, 30, a former member of the Army. “But when a Muslim does it, they call it jihad.

[jazminerose]

Fine solution. Makes perfect sense to me.

[Gaffer]

Islam is a crutch and excuse for not having the will to better oneself and facilitates the subjugation and dominance of others through sheer lunacy. It is a disease of the soul.

[cripplecreek]

There’s a reason one is called Jihad and the other is called going postal. There is absolutely nothing wrong about what he said, but he doesn’t get it.

[DRey]

"“When a white guy shoots up a post office, they call that going postal,” said Victor Benjamin II, 30, a former member of the Army. “But when a Muslim does it, they call it jihad."

When a white guy does it shouting "Allah Akbar," I'll call it jihad then, too.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Yep.

GTFOOMC

[peeps36]

I think the mosque should be looked into for the possibility of preaching jihad.

[Starboard]

Obviously you didn’t bother to look it up.

[SteamShovel]

“When a white guy shoots up a post office, they call that going postal,” said Victor Benjamin II, 30, a former member of the Army. “But when a Muslim does it, they call it jihad.

There is a difference.....

....."Going Postal" is something people have termed for snapping and shooting your co-workers.

.....Jihad is what muslims have called it themselves. Yelling ALLAH AKBAHR when doing it only adds to the Jihad perception. It is an act of religious war.

In short, they are both killings, but with different reasons.

[expatguy]

buh bye amerika

[EagleUSA]

You let them in — this is what you get. ALWAYS.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Dear, moral relativist, equivocating TERRORIST JACKASS.

When someone “goes postal,” it truly is a sign of insanity.

That is, THEY DON’T DO IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DICTATES OF THEIR EXTREMIST INTERPRETATION OF THEIR RELIGION.

If they are not atheists, then it is pretty much guaranteed that they are doing it IN CONTRADICTION OF THEIR RELIGION.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Plus, being an MD, he wasn’t on the front lines.

His duty would have been to counsel those who were truly suffering PTSD.

He was just a typical Islmaofascist terrorist waging jihad against Americans.

Maybe he just wanted a paycheck from the US government and when the US government actually had the audacity to expect him to work for it, that’s what convinced him to pull the trigger now instead of later.

[italianquaker]

Lets not jump to conclusions and just have a shout out

[bgill]

“I want to believe it was the individual, and not the religion, that made him do what he did,” ... It was Major Hasan, though, who increasingly felt let down by the military, and deeply conflicted by his religion, said those who knew him through the mosque... “He said he should quit the Army,” Mr. Reasoner said. “In the Koran, you’re not supposed to have alliances with Jews or Christian or others, and if you are killed in the military fighting against Muslims, you will go to hell.”

There it is. It was indeed Islam that made him kill 14 people (the media refuses to count the baby). Sorry, but I can't accept any outrage and sympathy from the Muslim side. They got caught cheering for 9/11 so any apologies now goes down as lies to infidels.

[RatRipper]

I’m sorry . . . it’s just one of the things radical Islamists and disgruntle postal workers have in common.

[Jagdgewehr]

“G.I.’s are like any equipment in the Army. When it breaks, those who were in charge of keeping it fit should be held responsible for it.”

Except this individual was one of the ones responsible. Then what? I say we look at the source of this malfunction...Islam.

[G Larry]

When a Muslim who has rationalized suicide bombings and advocated their use in Time Square, in public forums, and shouts “Allah Akbar” before shooting 51 people, THAT is terrorism!

Would someone like to defend an alternate conclusion?

[milwguy]

Religion of peace my ass...........“He said he should quit the Army,” Mr. Reasoner said. “In the Koran, you’re not supposed to have alliances with Jews or Christian or others, and if you are killed in the military fighting against Muslims, you will go to hell.”......Where in the Bible does it say you are supposed to not have alliances with any other religion?

[Soothesayer]

Hasan was simply obeying the Koran. Not even the moderate muslims can deny that these suras mean what they say.

[AuntB]

“There it is. It was indeed Islam that made him kill 14 people (the media refuses to count the baby). Sorry, but I can’t accept any outrage and sympathy from the Muslim side. They got caught cheering for 9/11 so any apologies now goes down as lies to infidels.”

You can bet Al Quida and all the other jihad muslim gangs are cheering for this guy...in the name of ‘Allah’.