To understand what compelled Major Hasan to undertake his lone Jihad against fellow soldiers and Americans at Fort Hood, we asked several co-founders of Former Muslims United (FMU), who are apostates from Islam, for their views. Their unique perspective may provide Congressional investigators with clues as to why Major Hasan committed this grave act.
by Mohammed Asghar with Jerry Gordon, New English Review, December 2009
Background:
Former Muslims, those who by choice have left Islam, were like most Americans shocked by the mass shooting of innocent soldiers and civilians at Fort Hood, Texas on November 5th, resulting in more than 13 killed and 30 seriously wounded. Major Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist was a self acknowledged devout Muslim who was overhead by his victims at Fort Hood screaming “Allahu Akbar” as he jumped onto a table and sprayed 100 lethal rounds into the lines of soldiers and civilians waiting to undergo medical and dental examinations. In 2007, at the Uniform Services Unified University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland, Major Hasan gave a presentation to his medical officer colleagues, “The Koranic World View as it relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military.” Hasan’s presentation clearly stated the Islamic War doctrine of Jihad and warned of ‘adverse events’ if Muslim service personnel weren’t released from active service as ‘conscientious objectors.’
To understand what compelled Major Hasan to undertake his lone Jihad against fellow soldiers and Americans at Fort Hood, we asked several co-founders of Former Muslims United (FMU), who are apostates from Islam, for their views. Their unique perspective may provide Congressional investigators with clues as to why Major Hasan committed this grave act.
This comprehensive response is from Mohammed Asghar, a naturalized American citizen from Bengladesh and co-founder of FMU, who has undertaken a lifelong review of the Quranic ideology of Jihad. He thus can explicate canonical reasons why Major Hasan committed his lone jihad and whether we can expect more of such incidents, both in our military and in our country. (Read More)
