Friday, November 13, 2009
Fort Hood Tragedy Raising Questions About Muslim Religion?
One issue that has been a major topic recently and that is somewhat relevant to class is the tragedy at Fort Hood. This is something that has been covered extensively in the media and one thing that I noticed was that many news reports seem to be putting a lot of focus on the shooter’s religious beliefs and the fact that he was Muslim. I read one article that said Nidal Malik Hasan, who is responsible for the shootings had gotten into arguments with his colleagues over religion and may have been ridiculed by some of his peers because of his religious beliefs, which may have contributed to his actions. However, does it seem fair that the media is bringing so much attention to the shooter’s religion as his potential motive for doing what he did? There are many people who follow Muslim beliefs and are not vicious, violent people. Based on everything else that has been said about Hasan, he was obviously mentally unstable and was influenced by more than just Muslim religious beliefs. It is sad that attention is being taken away from those who were victims of this horrible tragedy, and put on the idea that religion was a main motive. It is equally as unfair for those who are good people and just happen to practice the same religion. What does everyone else think?
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I agree but I can also see why it is being brought up. It sucks definitely but there is at least seeming connection there. I'm not at all saying all Muslims are terrorists by any means. But I think when we hear terrorist every single American picture a Middle Eastern person or 9/11. And part of it is that it seems as though the terrorists who do this are Muslim. There are not Buddhists who have committed acts of terror on the U.S. it is an awful side effect but it is happening.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad that people autimatically jump to him being a Muslim as the motive. Its interesting to not the history of the Muslim Religion. It is basically a cousin to Christianity, they were founded from the same texts just interpreted differently. When you look at it this way it is kind of crazy to think of all of the wars we engage in and problems in the Middle East when the beleif systems are so close.
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