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Of the 1. Million u.s. Servicemen and women, approximately 3,572 are Muslims. Being a follower of Islam and an American soldier is a dual, but not necessarily irreconcilable, identity. Chaplains must adhere to the tenets of the religion while serving in wars that kill other Islamic followers.
Of the 1. Million u.s. Servicemen and women, approximately 3,572 are Muslims. Being a follower of Islam and an American soldier is a dual, but not necessarily irreconcilable, identity. Chaplains must adhere to the tenets of the religion while serving in wars that kill other Islamic followers.
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Of the 1. Million u.s. Servicemen and women, approximately 3,572 are Muslims. Being a follower of Islam and an American soldier is a dual, but not necessarily irreconcilable, identity. Chaplains must adhere to the tenets of the religion while serving in wars that kill other Islamic followers.
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Story by Kristin Gray, Special to the NNPA from the Afro American Newspapers
Muslim in U.S. military face challenges, Fort Hood
massacre draws increased scrutiny of Islam
(NNPA) - With the War on Terror well into its
sixth year, America’s campaign against terrorism and weapons of mass destruction has, for some, also become an attack on Islam.
For many American-born Muslims and followers
of Islam serving in the U.S. armed forces, the experience has been doubly burdensome and may have played a role in Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s November 5 mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas.
Of the 1.4 million U.S. servicemen and women,
approximately 3,572 are Muslims, according to the Department of Defense’s most recent figures. However, this number may be larger, as the military does not require enlisted persons to disclose their religious affiliation.
Among the small community of Muslims serving
in the United States military, there are several chaplains who teach and follow Islam. But as more Americans become skeptical of Islam’s claim to be “the religion of peace,” Muslim military chaplains face a unique conflict – defending their faith without drawing the ire of others who question their loyalty to the American cause.
According to the Council of American-Islamic
Relations, there were at least 6 million Muslims living in America in 2001. After the September 11 terrorist attacks, prejudice and discrimination against Muslims and Islam reached record numbers and led to widespread social backlash against alleged Islamic extremists. Artwork: mangagirl3535.deviantart.com Being a follower of Islam and an American soldier is a dual, but not necessarily irreconcilable, identity. Similar to African American scholar W.E.B Du Bois’ concept of double consciousness –the idea that Black Americans must live with a Public Radio that practicing Islam and being a Shabazz said Hasan and several of the other 48 sense of being “an American, a Negro…two soldier is at times difficult. Muslim soldiers on base at Fort Hood had warring ideals in one dark body”—Muslim “All [of a] sudden, it was almost like I switched complained “about being taunted and harassed,” military chaplains must adhere to the tenets of the sides to them,” Shabazz, who is African- but he said the respected, high-ranking religion while serving in wars that kill other American, said of his decision to convert to Islam psychiatrist did not appear “depressed at all.” Islamic followers. while on active duty. “[My fellow soldiers] were hurt because I converted. They thought maybe I Maj. Khalid Shabazz, the former Muslim chaplain was joining on to the enemy.” for the 1-227 Aviation Attack Battalion at Fort Hood and an associate of Hasan, told National