Classmate: Hasan said terror fight a war on Islam.
Dr. Val Finnell was a classmate of Hasan’s at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. Both attended a master’s in public health program in 2007 and 2008.
Finnell says he got to know Hasan in an environmental health class. At the end of the class, students gave presentations. Finnell says other classmates wrote on subjects such as dry cleaning chemicals and mold in homes, but Hasan’s topic was whether the war against terror was “a war against Islam.” Finnell described Hasan as a “vociferous opponent” of the terror war.
Finnell says Hasan told classmates he was “a Muslim first and an American second.”
And what is the expectation of people of other faiths when asked to rank their religious identity and theit national identity?
Myla 7:20 pm on November 7, 2009 Permalink |
(CNN) — Most Christians are more likely to describe themselves as Christian first and American second, according to a new CNN poll examining religious views in the United States.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/22/gw.poll/index.html
So I would say most people would put their religion before their country which makes any question of his statement on that, just because he is Muslim, as bigoted
johnpi 8:06 pm on November 7, 2009 Permalink |
Precisely. Great link. Thanks.
aziz 8:19 pm on November 8, 2009 Permalink |
well done, Myla, thank you.