Did Islamophobia Cause Fort Hood Massacre?

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Major Nidal Malik Hasan was a victim of Islamophobia, according to members of his family.

One cousin told the Associated Press that Major Hasan had been battling racial harassment because of his “Middle Eastern ethnicity.” The harassment, we are told, came from his fellow officers who failed to understand that “Islam is a religion of peace.”

The cousin added that the harassed Hasan had been opposed to an imminent deployment overseas, describing it as his “worst nightmare,” since he would be called upon to do battle against his Muslim brothers.

In an interview with The Washington Post, Major Hasan’s aunt, Noel Hasan of Falls Church, Virginia, said that her nephew had been harassed about being a Muslim in the years after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, and he wanted out of the Army.

“Some people can take it and some people cannot,” she insisted. “He had listened to all of that and he wanted out of the military.”

Faizul Khan, a former imam at a mosque Hasan attended in Silver Spring, Maryland, said “I got the impression that he was a committed soldier.”

Mr. Khan testified that Hasan was a lifelong Muslim, who attended prayers regularly and sought a devout Muslim wife, who adhered to Islamic law, wore a full burqa, and prayed five times a day without complaint.

On a form filled out by those seeking spouses through a program at the mosque, Major Hasan listed his birthplace as Arlington, Virginia and his nationality as Palestinian.

“I don’t know why he listed Palestinian,” Khan said, “He was not born in Palestine.”

On the application, the Major described himself as “funny, caring, and personable.”

Nothing stood out about Hasan as radical or extremist, according to the imam.

“We hardly ever got to discussing politics,” Mr. Khan said. “Mostly we were discussing religious matters, nothing too controversial, nothing like an extremist.”