Tag Archives: Major Nidal Malik Hasan

Hasan in 2007: “Offensive Islam is the Future”

By Yossarian | Published: November 17, 2009
The Washington Post has obtained a copy of a slideshow presented by Major Hasan to US military doctor colleagues in June 2007. Rather than speak about medical topics, as he was supposed to, he lectured on Islam, suicide bombings and threats the US military would face if it continued to fight in Muslim majority countries. [...]
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Anwar al-Awlaki: “Maybe Nidal was affected by one of my lectures”

By Yossarian | Published: November 16, 2009
Unfortunately for those who previously backed Awlaki (but say that he must have recently changed from being a fluffy friend of all to fire-breathing jihadist preacher without anybody noticing), in his first interview since the Fort Hood attacks, the Yemeni-American preacher has revealed that it was under his influence that Major Nidal Malik Hasan was [...]
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The Spoils of Victimhood

By Faisal | Published: November 15, 2009
An extraordinary article in today’s Sunday Independent discusses the intimidatory actions by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The report says that the climate of fear among the military, law-enforcers, policy-makers, the media, opinion-formers and many ordinary citizens has been caused by actions of CAIR, which is dedicated to Muslim empowerment, receives substantial funding from [...]
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Islamists set terms in war on jihad

By Yossarian | Published: November 15, 2009
Swapan Dasgupta has an interesting article in The Pioneer today. He explores the differences between the recent case of Major Nidal Malik Hasan and that of the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her bodyguards 25 years ago. The saga of an armed custodian of military power turning roguish, whether out of stress or conviction, is not [...]
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Another Connection Between Awlaki and Major Nidal Malik Hasan

By Yossarian | Published: November 10, 2009
They are both, apparently, a tad sex-starved. But where Hasan stuck to legal strip-joints, Awlaki prefers prostitutes. Yet more evidence of the links between them? Probably not, but it’s always worth noting the dubious personal morality of the ostentatiously pious.
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Awlaki Responds to Fort Hood Shooting

By Yossarian | Published: November 9, 2009
First the Spittoon brought you the news that the darling of Cageprisoners, East London Mosque, City University‘s Islamic Society and others too, Anwar al-Awlaki, had, in the past, been the imam for the Fort Hood murderer, Major Nidal Hasan. A connection which also linked him to two of the 9/11 hijackers, for whom Awlaki has [...]
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Fort Hood Murderer Shared Imam With 9/11 Hijackers

By Yossarian | Published: November 7, 2009
And guess who it was… Whilst Sunny, Harry’s Place and many more speculate about what lay behind Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s murderous rampage in Fort Hood, the Huffington Post carries a piece written by Kamran Pasha, who has a Muslim soldier friend, Richard, who knew Hasan. It contains a fascinating and troubling detail. As Richard got to [...]
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