According to a former radical Muslim, there is a strict requirement among at least some radical Muslims that men grow a beard, but at the same time, their mustache *must* be trimmed.
At the time, this can be seen in the picture of the killer, that he had a natural beard, but a trimmed mustache. Though it is no longer trimmed.
Now this being said, the killer had also been diagnosed as having schizophrenia; and he had been tasked while in the army with guarding Muslim prisoners. And he had expressed sympathy to them in messages to his father.
Okay, so what? In this trial in Texas, a judge would likely not allow a question to the prosecutor asking the killer what his religion was. But in this case, if the killer testifies in his own behalf, the judge might allow the question, but only as it goes to the killer’s motive for killing Kyle.
If the killer answered that he is a Muslim, it changes the entire complexion of the trial, other than the question is he mentally competent.
Of course, his attorney should adamantly insist that he not testify. But if he is indeed a Muslim fanatic, he could not resist the opportunity to spout.
All in all, the case presents a lot of opportunity for drama.
Describing the vast majority of bearded Texans.
“Now this being said, the killer had also been diagnosed as having schizophrenia; and he had been tasked while in the army with guarding Muslim prisoners. And he had expressed sympathy to them in messages to his father.”
Everybody that goes into the military gets a psyche test. They don’t take Schizo’s. So that cannot possibly be true.
What I would like to hear is some firsthand recollections by guys who served with Routh on a daily basis.