Well… That Explains It: Hasan Attended Same Mosque As 9-11 Hijackers
WASHINGTON (AP) - The alleged Fort Hood shooter apparently attended the same Virginia mosque as two Sept. 11 hijackers in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there. Whether the Fort Hood shooter associated with the hijackers is something the FBI will probably look into, according to a Law Enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. The family of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, The Army Psychiatrist who killed 13 and wounded 31 at the Texas...

Lieberman Pushes For Senate Probe Into Ft. Hood Massacre: PHOTO
BBC: Senior US Senator Joe Lieberman says he plans to open a congressional investigation into last week’s deadly shooting at a Texas Army Base. Mr Lieberman, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security Committee, told Fox TV that he wanted to find out whether it was a terrorist attack. Nidal Malik Hasan, a Muslim Army major, is suspected of killing 13 people. Mr Lieberman also said he hoped to determine whether The Army missed signs that Maj Hasan harboured extreme views. The 39-year-old Army...

Lieberman: Senate to investigate Ft. Hood shooting
Fort Hood, TEXAS — A key U.S. senator called Sunday for an investigation into whether The Army missed signs that the man accused of opening fire at Fort Hood had embraced an increasingly extremist view of Islamic ideology. Sen. Joe Lieberman's call came as word surfaced that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan apparently attended the same Virginia mosque as two Sept. 11 hijackers in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there. Whether Hasan, an Army Psychiatrist, associated with the hijackers...

Fort Hood suspect Nidal Malik Hasan attended same mosque as two 9/11 terrorists: PHOTO
The alleged Fort Hood shooter apparently attended the same Virginia mosque as two Sept. 11 hijackers in 2001, a time when a radical imam preached there.

Concern for Muslim U.S. soldiers 'real'
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army chief says there are "real concerns" about a backlash toward Muslim U.S. Soldiers following last week's mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. "Anecdotal evidence" emerging about the background of the suspected shooter, 39-year-old Army Psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan, have led some to worry about the safety of other Muslims serving in the armed forces, and "I think those concerns are real," Army Chief of Staff Gen. William Casey told NBC's "Meet the Press"...

Army chief warns against speculation on Hasan's faith; cites possible backlash against Muslims
WASHINGTON — The Army chief of staff says it's important for the country not to get caught up in speculation about the Muslim faith of the alleged Fort Hood gunman. Gen. George Casey says he's instructed his commanders to be on the lookout for that reaction to the killings at the Texas post. He says focusing on the Islamic roots of the suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan (nih-DAHL' mah-LEEK' hah-SAHN'), could "heighten the backlash" against all Muslims in the Military. Casey says...

Scottish News: Exclusive: Fears grow over possible clash at Scotland's biggest mosque
Nov 8 2009 Stephen Stewart, Sunday Mail RELIGIOUS leaders fear militant Muslims will travel to Scotland to confront far-right racists planning an illegal march on the country's biggest mosque. They have warned that Islamic hardliners will be out in force to take on the neo-Nazi thugs planning to march in Glasgow under the banner of the Scottish Defence League. We told last month how gangs of right-wingers, including senior BNP activists and members of the English Defence League, will travel...

Alleged Fort Hood shooter has West Bank relatives
November 8, 2009 Jerusalem (JTA) -- The alleged Fort Hood shooter is a conservative Muslim, not an extremist, says an uncle who lives in the West Bank. Rafik Hamad, 64, who lives in El-Bireh, near Ramallah, told the Associated Press that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan loved America and wanted to serve his country. Hasan, 39, a U.S. Army Psychiatrist who allegedly killed 13 people at the U.S. Army Base in Texas, also reportedly has a brother and grandfather living in the West Bank. Hamad told the...

Some report suspect gave warning signs
Fort Hood, Texas -- There was the classroom presentation that justified Suicide bombings. Comments to colleagues about a climate of persecution faced by Muslims in the Military. Conversations with a mosque leader that became incoherent. Some who knew Nidal Malik Hasan as a student said they saw clear signs the young Army Psychiatrist -- who authorities say went on a Shooting Spree at Fort Hood that left 13 dead and 29 wounded -- had no place in the Military. After arriving at Fort Hood, he was...

Swiss Muslims open mosque doors
Muslims in many parts of Switzerland have invited the public into Mosques - three weeks before a vote on whether to ban the construction of minarets. Muslim organisations say they hope their open day will counter what they say are fears and prejudices.

After Fort Hood shooting: attention on Muslims in US military
Washington - The Army's top officer is concerned about a backlash against Muslims in the US Military following the shootings at Fort Hood . But, he says, the Military's tradition of accepting people from different faiths must never waver. As investigators sifted through the aftermath of the shootings at the Texas Army Base, allegedly carried out by a Muslim Army officer, Gen. George Casey warned against drawing broader conclusions about the Muslim community.

Fort Hood shooting: Barack Obama would have to approve death penalty: PHOTO
US President Barack Obama would have to personally approve the death sentence if Major Nidal Malik Hasan is convicted and sentenced to execution for the Fort Hood massacre.

Fort Hood Suspect: War On Terror ' War On Islam'
In retrospect, the signs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's growing anger over the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem unmistakable. But even people who worried his increasingly strident views were clouding his ability to serve the U.S. Military could not predict the murderous rampage of which he now stands accused. In the months leading to Thursday's Shooting Spree that left 13 people dead and 29 others wounded, Hasan raised eyebrows with comments that the War on Terror was "a war on...

Fort Hood rampage: Shooter acted alone, officials say. But why?
Fort Hood, Texas - Army investigators have ruled out a terror plot in the gruesome rampage at Fort Hood , saying that Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a veteran Psychiatrist, acted alone in the Shooting Spree last Thursday. If a larger plot wasn't being carried out, then what was the motive? Military officials have not yet declared an intent or motivation. But even though the investigation is still in the early stages, a more focused portrait is emerging of Hasan, who is recovering in a San Antonio...

N.Y.-Based Radical Muslim Hails Fort Hood Massacre: PHOTO
NEW YORK —  A New York City bicycle cabbie who mocked the Murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl and posted a prayer on the Web calling for the Murder of Jews is now sending a "Get Well Soon" message to the suspected Fort Hood gunman, the New York Post reported. Yousef al-Khattab, 41, a radical Muslim in the borough of Queens who runs RevolutionMuslim.com, claims on the site that the Soldiers massacred at the Texas base deserved to be massacred, and he insists the victims are...

Muslims Condemn Ft. Hood Violence: PHOTO
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Sen. Joe Lieberman calls Fort Hood massacre a 'terrorist' act
Sen. Joe Lieberman called the Fort Hood massacre an act of "Islamist extremism" - even as top Army brass warned Sunday against guessing at a motive, fearing backlash against Muslim Soldiers. "There are very, very strong warning signs here that Dr. Hasan had become an Islamist extremist and, therefore, that this was a terrorist act ," Lieberman (I-Conn) told Fox News on Sunday. "If the reports that we're receiving of various statements he made, acts he took are valid, he had turned to Islamist...

Backlash feared after Fort Hood shootings
The shootings dominated talk at a United Muslims of America dinner in Newark Saturday.

Army general warns of anti-Muslim 'backlash'
US army chief of staff George Casey has warned deadly shootings at Fort Hood could prompt a backlash against Muslim Soldiers, undermining diversity needed to fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mr Casey, speaking on CNN television on Sunday, warned against guessing at the motives of Nidal Malik Hasan, who is alleged to have killed 13 people and wounding dozens more on a murderous rampage at the Texas Military base on Thursday. Mr Casey, a former commander in Iraq, said he was "concerned...

Army chief warns against speculation on Hasan's faith; cites possible backlash against Muslims
WASHINGTON — The Army chief of staff says it's important for the country not to get caught up in speculation about the Muslim faith of the alleged Fort Hood gunman. Gen. George Casey says he's instructed his commanders to be on the lookout for that reaction to the killings at the Texas post. He says focusing on the Islamic roots of the suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan (nih-DAHL' mah-LEEK' hah-SAHN'), could "heighten the backlash" against all Muslims in the Military. Casey says...

Concern for 'backlash' against US Muslim soldiers
Concern for 'backlash' against US Muslim Soldiers

Fort Hood suspect angered over wars
In retrospect, the signs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s growing anger over the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem unmistakable.

NY Post Finds One Man Who Sides With Fort Hood Shooter
You've got to hand it to the Post for being the first local paper to do its due diligence and cover both sides of last week's Fort Hood massacre . In the kind of story that simultaneously riles up its readers and shows a fundamental misunderstanding of some journalistic basics — akin to quoting the Grinch for fairness in an article about Christmas tree sales — the tabloid today gives ink to a lone Queens man who thinks that Major Nidal Hasan did the right thing when he opened fire...

Army chief fears backlash for Muslim U.S. soldiers
WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Army's top general expressed concern on Sunday that last week's mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, blamed on a Muslim Army officer , could fuel a backlash in the Military against Muslim Troops . General George Casey, U.S. Army chief of staff , cautioned against jumping to conclusions about whether religious beliefs motivated the accused gunman, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a Muslim born in the United States of immigrant parents.