It’s reported that the FBI and Army intelligence investigated contacts between the alleged shooter and a militant Islamist cleric who is calling him “a hero.” Why did the FBI and the Army decide not to pursue his contacts the cleric? Did they know that Hasan warned fellow officers that Muslim soldiers could be dangerous because…
After a preliminary investigation, investigators tentatively concluded that the Fort Hood shooting was not linked to any broader terror plot with extremist organizations. However, they have not ruled out the possibility that he was carrying out an extremist suicide mission. According to investigators, Nidal Malik Hasan was reacting to the intense counseling work he had…
Reporting tactics may either deliberately overstate or understate the Muslim identity of the man who opened fire at Fort Hood on November 5. This article compares American and Arabic coverage of the incident, stating that American coverage identifies him with Muslims and Islam, while Arabic coverage places it within the context of violent crime in…
After learning that the man who killed 13 and wounded 38 in the shooting at Fort Hood had an Islamic name, Muslims have begun to worry about rising stereotypes and discrimination in the US. Some mosques have requested police security.
In this op-ed, Georgetown Professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies Dr. John Esposito critiques some of the media’s coverage of the Fort Hood incident. He claims some journalists were too quick to judge in immediately placing the incident and Hasan within a framework of Islam, and discusses how extremist acts by people of Christianity…
