Fort Hood Texas shooting muslims talk about it Video

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arab and Muslim Americans on Friday braced for the possibility of verbal or physical attacks after an Army psychiatrist of Arab descent allegedly killed 13 during a shooting rampage at a military base in Texas.

Suspected gunman Major Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire with two handguns at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, in one of the worst killing sprees ever reported on a U.S. military base, army officials said.

The U.S.-born son of Palestinian immigrants, Hasan's Muslim and Arab heritage prompted immediate speculation on television stations and Internet sites about his motives and whether they were influenced by his background.

Andrew Grant-Thomas, deputy director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at Ohio State University, said reporting about the incident had unduly emphasized Hasan's ethnicity and religion.

He also said some politicians were using the incident to fan fears about Islamic extremism, citing a statement by retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Allen West, who is running for Congress in Florida, that urged the Pentagon to do a better job to prevent Muslim extremists from "infiltrating" its ranks.

Some Arab and Muslim groups said they feared a backlash, although a Justice Department spokesman said its civil rights division was unaware of any incidents of violence directed against Arab-Americans or Muslim-Americans since the shooting.

U.S. Arab and Muslim groups condemned the shootings, offered condolences to the victims' families, and stressed that no political or religious ideology justified such violence.

Hate crimes against Arab Americans, Muslims, and Sikhs rose after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The number has since declined but many Arab and Muslim Americans still report verbal abuse and harassment.

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Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American Islamic Relations, urged "American Muslims, and those who may be perceived to be Muslim, to take appropriate precautions to protect themselves, their families and their religious institutions from possible backlash."

Hasan, 39, a military-trained psychiatrist who had treated soldiers wounded in war or were preparing for deployment, was unconscious but in stable condition after being shot by police during the attack, officials said on Friday.

Ray Hanania, spokesman for the Association of Patriotic Arab Americans in the Military, told a Chicago radio show the incident would exacerbate existing prejudice. "It's going to get worse. They are going to go after us," he said.

Abed Ayoub, legal adviser for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, said his group receives about 400 complaints a month ranging from employment discrimination to racial profiling to verbal and physical attacks. After 9/11, such complaints peaked at thousands per month, he said.

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mildpace: a similar problem in india. Muslim imam issued a fatwa that muslims should not sing indian national anthem, because it is against islam to worship motherland more than allah. Muslims can never accept others.

yasm2002: poor iraqi jews and iraqi christians, muslims kicked jew in 1948 and now kicking christians from iraq even they dont hurt any one...and now USA made a mistake to bring islam here, I dont mind that muslims live here, but islamic teaching,,,NO, full of hate and killing. Muslims will say they are against the attack because they are not a lot in USA yet, but when they got a lot, they will control the country

BinLadenFan1: ala bless him, hurray for him!

Rheaume100: Screrw ISLAM!!

neoarcadezr: islam and all the other religions are stupid

greenbeenie60: well why dont we just put the rest of iraq in dearborne michigan our goverment is so fuckign stupid... people ask what went wrong well the man is fucking muslim thats what went wrong.... muslim + islam = fucking pure heate for america nothing else... please dont tell me how stupid i am been in the middle east for 7 years now this is the way they think and feel about us all of us...

bluelion85: he didnt even apologize for what this muslim has done. why? because it says in the koran that "you should wait in ambush for the non believers where ever they might be, strike fear an terror in their hearts. with allah akbar." so this concludes thats why the imam didnt apologize because it would be absurd. for islam teaches to kill the unbelievers where ever they are. and to never take an unbeliever as a freind because then you are betraying your muslim faith. so in short fuck islam!!!

kristoftje: He thinks it 's funny also @ 1:36

grenadarian: likely another false flag operation done by israel in coop with NWO elements used to further their agenda. in 1967 israel attacked the USS LIBERTY ship. also study the lavon affair and 9/11 to find out the real truth behind these things

hechosdcolon: one god but not allah becuase allah doesnt have a JESUS as savior of the world so remember is NOT the same god that we believe in

MrZeeshawn: I would like to say I am sure you might have some knowledge of Islam, but you are incorrect about Jesus according to Islam. Muslims believe in Jesus and that he WILL RETURN to kill the Anti-Crist. This is the same in Christianity. In Islam, it says Jesus will unite Jews, Christian, and Muslims to fight against devil worshipers who pretend to be Jews, Christians, or Muslims during the end of days. Muslims believe in the Holy Spirit but not in the Trinity because it puts Jesus equal to GOD.

MrZeeshawn: hello

MrZeeshawn: Jews, Christians, and Muslims are believers. This man who shot the soldiers is NOT a believer. He is a pretender who causes mischief and wants Jews, Christians, and Muslims to kill each other. This is what the Devil wants. We have to remember to LOVE and understand.

braziliannegro: This isn't good for the U.S Muslim community. Especially in a country that lives on stereotypes and judges one's culture/religion. There are too many racist loons out there and someone's going to get hurt. This world is on it's way to ending very soon.

greenbeenie60: He wont apolagize for this muslim to do so would go agaisnt the teaching of Muhammed who himself was a murder.

piromx2: hat the army needs to do with this traitor is tape that cursed book of thiers and duck tape it 13 times around his fat head with plasic C4 explosive with detonator and video this fucked face in an safe area and press that dam button and blow him to hell head first! and post it on youtube

hechosdcolon: the muslims believe that ismael is a prophet of god when the bible doesnt say that ...ISMAEL'S GOD ISNT THE SAME GOD THAT THE CHRISTIANS AND JEWS BELIEVE IN..!THIS GUY THAT KILLED THESE SOLDIERS WAS A BELIEVER, HE BELIEVES IN A god.BUT NOT THE GOD OF ABRAHAM ISAAC AND JACOB.JUST LIKE THE MUSLIMS THEY BELIEVE IN " a god" BUT NOT THE GOD CREATOR OF THE WORLD.

billythekid9119: I think we should separate religion from personality..

hightmz30: @hechosdcolon --------stop lying, everything in creation has only one god.

AtheistRhypocrites: O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily Allah guideth not a people unjust. (Quran 5:51)

AtheistRhypocrites: Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued. Koran 9:29

hmfy: what are u talking about! thats not what the quran says.. 136. Say ye: "We believe in Allah, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to (all) prophets from their Lord: We make no difference between one and another of them: And we bow to Allah (in Islam)."