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| Dept. of Defense Makes Bad Muslim Legal Decision - May Vindicate Major Hasan |
| 2011-06-21 |
| A shocking decision made by the secretary of the Army last month — in the case of an U.S. Army soldier with the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell who refused to deploy to Afghanistan claiming that Islamic law prevented him from killing other Muslims — vindicates Fort Hood killer Major Nidal Hasan. He made identical claims and threatened that “adverse events” would occur if military officials didn’t accede to Shariah law principles. In Major Hasan’s case, he had warned his Army colleagues and supervisor at Walter Reed of “adverse events” if Muslims were not granted conscientious objector status. The warning occurred during a June 2007 Power Point presentation that was part of his psychiatric residency program. Major Hasan cited previous cases of Muslims murdering their fellow soldiers, spying against the U.S., deserting their units, and refusing to deploy as examples of the kinds of “adverse events” that would follow if the Army didn’t bow to the precepts of Islamic law. By granting PFC Abdo’s conscientious objector claim, the Army may have created trouble for themselves in the court martial of Major Hasan for the murder of his thirteen fellow soldiers at Fort Hood. Hasan’s attorney can now claim that by refusing to acknowledge Major Hasan’s claims under Islamic law as a conscientious objector and granting him an honorable discharge, the Army created irreconcilable conflict that prompted the Fort Hood massacre. And they can use the secretary of the Army’s decision in the Abdo case as proof. Despite years of protestation by the U.S. government to the contrary, this decision vindicates all of these who have claimed that America is engaged in a war against Islam. The position that the Army now takes would also appear to acknowledge the classic Islamic doctrine of jihad that states that any incursion by non-Muslims into the lands of Dar al-Islam makes it an incumbent duty upon all Muslims everywhere to resist the “occupiers” — the position taken by al-Qaeda and every Islamic terrorist group on the planet. This works both ways, however. If the Pentagon accepts that Muslim soldiers cannot fight against Muslims, or belong to a military fighting Muslims, because of Sharia law, then all Muslims currently in the military must be discharged, and may no longer serve. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #3 I thought the reason we were in Afghanistan was to protect muslims from being murdered by other muslims. |
| Posted by: Penguin in Exile 2011-06-21 18:45 |
| #2 This guy is also effectively saying that every Muslim in the US Armed Forces who isn't an objector of his sort is a bad Muslim. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-06-21 18:07 |
| #1 Let's get some verification and legal analysis. I wonder if the Volokh crew would be interested? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-06-21 17:42 |