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Does this Hassan guy sound like a Fox News viewer to you too?

The title of Hasan's power-point presentation was "The Koranic World View As It Relates to Muslims in the U.S. Military." It consisted of 50 slides. In one slide, Hasan described the presentation's objectives as identifying "what the Koran inculcates in the minds of Muslims and the potential implications this may have for the U.S. military."

He also sought to "Describe the nature of the religious conflicts that Muslims may have" who serve in the U.S. military and to convince the Army that it should identify these individuals.

Other slides delved into the history of Islam, its tenets, statistics about the number of Muslims in the military, and explanations of "offensive jihad," or holy war.

Another slide suggested ways to draw out Muslim soldiers: "It must be hard for you to balance Islamic beliefs that might be conflicting with current war; feelings of guilt; Is it what you expected."

Hasan's presentation lasted about an hour. It is unclear whether he read out loud every point on each slide. If typical procedures were followed, his adviser would have supervised the development of his project, said people familiar with the practice.

The final three slides of the presentation indicate that Hasan referred to Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, suicide bombers and Iran.

Under a slide titled "Comments," he wrote: "If Muslim groups can convince Muslims that they are fighting for God against injustices of the 'infidels'; ie: enemies of Islam, then Muslims can become a potent adversary ie: suicide bombing, etc." [sic]

The last bullet point on that page reads simply: "We love death more then (sic) you love life!"

Under the "Conclusions" page, Hasan wrote that "Fighting to establish an Islamic State to please God, even by force, is condoned by the Islam," and that "Muslim Soldiers should not serve in any capacity that renders them at risk to hurting/killing believers unjustly -- will vary!"

The final page, labeled "Recommendation," contained only one suggestion:

"Department of Defense should allow Muslims (sic) Soldiers the option of being released as 'Conscientious objectors' to increase troop morale and decrease adverse events."

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    LOL, yes.

  • 1 decade ago

    Who knows? I do know that he has made it worse on the soldiers in the military of Muslim background. Some were on the news telling of how they are already being mistreated and humiliated in the military by fellow soldiers. Most of them are too afraid to speak up about it, so they just deal with it on a daily basis. Many judemental Americans don't even want them in the military or the country. Those who really think that they own America.

  • 1 decade ago

    Yeah, I heard he had a copy of TV Guide in his apartment.

  • 1 decade ago

    You sound totally out of touch with reality.

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