Published on Friday, November 06, 2009
By SB Sun Staff Writer
Muslims in the Inland Empire spoke with outrage, sorrow and a sense of betrayal Friday in the wake of the shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 13 dead in what is believed to be the worst mass murder in history at a U.S. military base.
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a 39-year-old Army psychiatrist identified by authorities as the suspected gunman, lay in a coma on Friday, shot four times.
"As a former soldier, for me, this is the utmost level of betrayal," said Omar Zaki of Riverside, an Army veteran who frequents the mosques in Pomona and Rancho Cucamonga. "And heartbreaking."
Muslims in the armed forces will now have to endure their patriotism coming under scrutiny, especially in the post-Sept. 11 era, Zaki said.
"Whenever something bad like this happens, we pray that the person does not have a Muslim-sounding name," he said
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