A Tale of Two Muslims

Abdul Walid Hamid was working at his kiosk in the mall when a customer stopped by wearing a crucifix. It wasn’t long after that people were calling 911. Hamid was screaming “Allah is power” and “Islam is great.”

In his hand was the customer’s crucifix. He reportedly ripped it from their neck.

He was arrested and later arraigned “on charges of battery, grand theft, terrorist threats and exhibition of a deadly weapon.”

Two days later, Major. Nidal Hasan was charged.

Hasan, also a Muslim, opened fire on soldiers and civilians at Fort Hood on November 5. According to police, he fired over 100 rounds, killing 14 (I include the unborn baby) and wounding 30. Before a shot was fired, Major Hasan shouted “Allahu akbar!”

Also:

• He was corresponding via e-mail with “the radical American cleric, Anwar al Awlaki” who “served as an inspiration for men convicted in terror plots in Toronto and Fort Dix, New Jersey…”
• He had business cards with “SOA” inscribed under his name. “SOA” stands for “Soldier of Allah.” They also had “SWT,” referring to an Arabic phrase for “glory to him, the exalted.”
• He wanted U.S. soldiers charged with war crimes.
• He defended suicide bombers.
• He may have wired money to Pakistan.

On the 12th of November, Major Hasan was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder.

Notice the difference?

A guy in the mall who yanks a necklace off a person’s neck and yells, “Allah is power” is charged with “terrorist threats.” A guy who kills 13 after screaming “Allahu akbar” can’t have the term “terrorism” or “terrorist” associated with him in any way.

In fact, despite all the evidence to the contrary, the left still doesn’t want us to “jump to conclusions” concerning Major Hasan.

It isn’t jumping to conclusions when you follow the evidence. It’s called seeing the obvious terrorist sympathizer in front of you with the gun.

When I worked with juvenile youth, we were once trained that the gang bangers weren’t as dangerous as the wannabes. That’s because the wannabes were really gonnabes. They would do whatever they had to to become a gangster too.

Hasan is a terrorist. Perhaps if he had just run around stealing dog tags and yelling “Islam is great,” he would have been charged accordingly.

But then, that might have been too damaging to diversity.