Muslim groups fear backlash after Fort Hood shooting – 06 Nov 09
Posted on November 6, 2009 | No Comments
Fearing that an armed man who killed 12 people and wounded 31 others at a military facility in Texas, may have been Muslim, US Islamic groups were bracing themselves for a public backlash against the faith. The assailant, an army psychiatrist identified as Nidal Malik Hasan, was wounded at the scene but was captured alive and was in stable condition. Salam al-Marayati, the executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council in the US, told Al Jazeera: “We are concerned about backlash …
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