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...They feel this is a double betrayal," says Major Dawud Agbere, a Muslim chaplain of the U.S. Army, in reference to the base massacre, allegedly carried out by Major Nidal Hasan, a fellow Muslim. Agbere, one of six Muslim chaplains in the Army, was dispatched to Killeen from Fort Leavenworth to help Muslim soldiers cope in the aftermath of the shootings. (See pictures of America's Islamic community...
Fear, in the wake of the shootings, was perhaps felt most keenly by Killeen's Muslim women. Although there have been no reports of negative fallout so far, "I think for the women, you know especially those who wear the hijab, it may have affected them," says Amr Abdelazeem, 47, a professional engineer, businessman and Army reserve officer. (Read "Did the Army Ignore Red Flags Because of Hasan's Religion...
Regardless, she said, there will likely be negative reaction in the Muslim world. It's delicate, she said. "The President's going to have to make clear that it's not intended to be in any fashion disrespectful of the act of worship...
...Married with three young children. In interviews, he has reflected on his family's diverse religious heritage: Sikh (his father), Hindu (his mother), Muslim (his wife's father) and Jewish (his wife's grandfather...
...families, practicing four different faiths - all compelled to flee a half-century ago because of their religion ... Even when my wife fasts for Yom Kippur, and my father-in-law fasts for Ramadan, I get to stuff my face with samosas all day." - Joking about his family's Jewish, Muslim and Hindu background in a speech to the South Asian Bar Association of New York in 2007 (New York Times...