Shortly after the shootings yesterday, cable news anchors began to report that the suspect had a “had a Muslim sounding name”. I immediately felt a sense of dread not only for those killed and wounded or the possibility that this assault was an organized terrorist act, but also for all of the Muslim Americans who might find themselves having to defend their allegiance to America due to the act of one man. One man who was clearly troubled.
The latest news is that Major Nidal Malik Hasan yelled “Allahu Akbar” as …