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Darrin started off by wondering if foreigners were somehow involved, and has ended by blaming Islam.
He's a 21st century Know-Nothing.
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Should Muslims be singled out at airports simply for being Muslim?
See how easy that was.
Muslims blow shit up, White dudes are Serial Killers, Black dudes like dat ass. It is what it is. No need to get butt hurt.
Any creed at all can be invoked to justify violence. Instead of blaming the kook, you blame the creed.
fort hood is not an airport.
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Enlightened Americans -- at least those who trace their patriotism to Thomas Jefferson, a man fascinated by and respectful of Islam and whose library contained copies of the Koran -- should be unsettled by the rush to judgment regarding not just this one Muslim but all Muslims
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"I'm sad for those killed and wounded by a traitor to both God and our country, and I regret that I even feel that I have to write something on the subject. Words cannot express my emotions and the instant headache I received when notified by my dear sister Sheila Musaji over at The American Muslim (TAM) concerning the alleged culprit," wrote Salaam, who served in the Marine Corps, within minutes after learning the gunman's name. "They have not yet released further details such as the motive but I will state for the record that no true Muslim could ever commit such a crime against humanity. As Muslims we are reminded that to take one innocent life is as if one killed all of mankind. Muslims are also commanded to keep their oaths when given."
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, issued a statement that read: "We condemn this cowardly attack in the strongest terms possible and ask that the perpetrators be punished to the full extent of the law. No religious or political ideology could ever justify or excuse such wanton and indiscriminate violence. The attack was particularly heinous in that it targeted the all-volunteer army that protects our nation. American Muslims stand with our fellow citizens in offering both prayers for the victims and sincere condolences to the families of those killed or injured."
Salam Al-Marayati, executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, declared that, "Our entire organization extends its heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed as well as to those wounded and their loved ones. We stand in solidarity with law enforcement and the US military to maintain the safety and security of all Americans."
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebe...e_islamophobia
and once those suspicions can be verified or supported, you'll probably see a shift in the reporting to include questions/conclusions/opinions about whether the shooting was an act of terrorism. for now, it's a little early to expect responsible journalists to call this anything but a tragic shooting.
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soon after news of the ft. Hood shooting had reached the airwaves, the council on american islamic relations released a statement saying, "we condemn this cowardly attack in the strongest terms possible." the name of the alleged assailant, major malik nidal hasan, had necessitated a quick response from the group because of the fear that muslims as a whole would be assigned collective responsibility for the actions of one man whose religious affectations were, at that point, unknown. Some reporters began pontificating about the dangers of post-traumatic stress disorder, which was just as irresponsible.
But cair's fears were sadly confirmed quite quickly, as john nichols wrote yesterday evening. michelle malkin, whose book in defense of internment advocated for the use of racial profiling against arabs and muslims, quickly recycled a 2003 column suggesting that there was something wrong with allowing muslims to serve in the armed forces. "political correctness is the handmaiden of terror," malkin tweeted. Don't you see? If we had just listened to her, and treated those people as enemies to begin with, this would never have happened. There are thousands of arab-americans serving in the armed forces, and many have given their lives defending this country -- malkin would have us see all of them as potential traitors.
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In the past few months, we've seen a number of shootings performed by white men with right-wing fringe beliefs. But while an attempt to assign the responsibility for the murder of george tiller, or the killing of police in pittsburgh, or the assault on the holocaust museum to white men as a whole would rightfully be seen as idiotic, there are those who sit poised and prepared assign the alleged actions of one man to an entire people. this is, quite frankly, the best reaction groups like al-qaeda could hope for: The strength of their narrative of a war between islam and the west ultimately rests on our own actions. We should not indulge them or those that share a similar worldview.
http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/t...=better_angels