The day after Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s murderous spree at Fort Hood, the BBC’s Gavin Lee visited the killer’s mosque, the Islamic Community of Greater Killeen. He spoke to Duane.
Prepare to be horrified.
Duane: I’m not going to condemn him for what he did. I don’t know why he did it. I will not, absolutely not, condemn him for what he had done though. If he had done it for selfish reasons I still will not condemn him. He’s my brother in the end. I will never condemn him.
Lee: There might be a lot of people shocked to hear you say that.
Duane: Well, that’s the way it is. I don’t speak for the community here but me personally I will not condemn him.
Lee: What are your thoughts towards those that were victims in this?
Duane: They were, in the end, they were troops who were going to Afghanistan and Iraq to kill Muslims. I honestly have no pity for them. It’s just like the majority of the people that will hear this, after five or six minutes they’ll be shocked, after that they’ll forget about them and go on their day.
Sorry. Can’t find much to laugh about in this story.
Source: Andrew Bolt
