Video: Right jumps to 'terrorist' conclusion
Video: Right jumps to 'terrorist' conclusion
Nov. 6: Rachel Maddow talks with Suhail Khan, senior fellow for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Institute for Global Engagement and former Bush appointee, about the knee-jerk reaction on the right to associate Islam with terrorism. (Other)
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No connection whatsoever, Just ask Hasan himself:"NidalHasan scribbled: There was a grenade thrown amongs a group of American soldiers. One of the soldiers, feeling that it was to late for everyone to flee jumped on the grave with the intention of saving his comrades. Indeed he saved them. He inentionally took his life (suicide) for a noble cause i.e. saving the lives of his soldier. To say that this soldier committed suicide is inappropriate. Its more appropriate to say he is a brave hero that sacrificed his life for a more noble cause. Scholars have paralled this to suicide bombers whose intention, by sacrificing their lives, is to help save Muslims by killing enemy soldiers. If one suicide bomber can kill 100 enemy soldiers because they were caught off guard that would be considered a strategic victory. Their intention is not to die because of some despair. The same can be said for the Kamikazees in Japan. They died (via crashing their planes into ships) to kill the enemies for the homeland. You can call them crazy i you want but their act was not one of suicide that is despised by Islam. So the scholars main point is that "IT SEEMS AS THOUGH YOUR INTENTION IS THE MAIN ISSUE" and Allah (SWT) knows best."Rachel, I am sure the sand around your head is warm, but the bottom sticking up must be getting cold.