Major Nidal Malik Hasan

Why Two White Kids Are a Senseless Tragedy but an Arab American Is Terrorism

Brian Ross | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media


Brian Ross

When a couple of white kids shoot up a school, it is a tragedy. Bring on a shooting at a military base that involves an Arab-American though, and the media does everything it can to shout "terrorism."

Human Nature, Not Mental Illness, Accounts for Fort Hood Shooting

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 11.11.2009 | Media


Robert David Jaffee

Hasan may not have plotted against any particular soldiers, but he clearly planned the murderous rampage at Fort Hood.

A Muslim Soldier's View from Fort Hood

Kamran Pasha | Posted 11.06.2009 | World


Kamran Pasha

I spoke today with a friend who is a Muslim soldier stationed at Fort Hood. He and Hasan prayed side-by-side at the mosque the morning of the massacre. He agreed to share his story with me if I granted him anonymity.

The Fort Hood Tragedy: Fanning the Anti-Muslim Hysteria

Wajahat Ali | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics


Wajahat Ali

If Hasan's faith is ultimately proven to be the misguided inspiration for his violence, then the brave and patriotic service of thousands of Muslim American soldiers renders him an isolated and aberrant exception.