I may anger some here, but:
1) There really are diseases of the brain whose sufferers are not responsible for their actions. I’m talking about things like schizophrenia, tumors, dementia, and Alzheimer’s. All one has to do is take a walk through a home for seniors to come to the sobering realization that the old lady yelling at the light bulb was once a normal, happy, functioning person. Just because this article gets some key elements very, very wrong does not mean that it is completely inaccurate.
2) I’ve participated in enough deliverance sessions to know that there is real evil in this world. People can be evil on their own and they can also be urged on or controlled partially or even wholly by demons. I’ve seen it. It’s bad. Unlike the author, I do believe that humans are born with original sin, fully capable of knowingly committing evil acts, and that there is an incarnate Satan with demonic followers.
Hasan may have a mental illness but I haven’t seen anything to suggest that he did not have the ability to determine right from wrong. I believe that he knowingly committed an evil act and is fully accountable for his actions.
Hasan does not fit in that category. He is evil and the apologists offering compassionate reasons for his actions are only enabling jihadists.