Shooting reveals tensions over Muslims in the military

[The Straight Story]

Shooting reveals tensions over Muslims in the military

WASHINGTON — The killings of 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas , by an Army psychiatrist who also was a Muslim set off a rancorous debate Friday that once again spotlighted the fear among Muslims in America that they'll be collectively found guilty for the actions of one man.

Vitriolic exchanges filled Internet sites devoted to military affairs, with some posters arguing that Muslims should be barred from the armed services.

News reporters deluged the Silver Spring, Md. , mosque where the Fort Hood shooting suspect once worshipped, demanding to know what the Quran, Islam's holy book, has to say about such events. One even asked if the suspect, Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan , who was born in Virginia and lived his whole life in the U.S., spoke with an "accent."

Anita Husseini , who also worships at the Muslim Community Center , said she didn't know Hasan, but she knew that what he's accused of doing would affect her life and those of others.

"My heart cried last night," said Husseini, a hairdresser. "Every time the Muslims try to get up, something goes boom and pushes us back. What a crazy person decides does not define me or Islam."

"They're trying so hard to pin this on Islam," said Arshad Qureshi , the mosque's chairman. "They're working so hard to make it about religion."

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1. Christian zealots in the military murder 1000's of Americans

and strangely we hear not a peep. Yes, I'm talking about Bush and the fundie generals who've pushed a phony war that's murdered thousands of Americans.

I'm all for purging the military of religious zealots, right now. Starting with the Christian zealots.