"Even if it comes out ... that his frame of reference was his religion and that was what was giving him the power within himself to make his stand, that doesn't mean that the religion is to blame."
Television talk show host Montel Williams says he's worried the "rhetoric" about the Islamic connections of alleged Fort Hood murderer Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan could trigger a backlash against Muslims.
"We pulled something like this back in World War II when [President Roosevelt] decided to round up all Japanese Americans and put them in internment camps," he said on his show yesterday. The statements were highlighted by
Radio Equalizer blogger Brian Maloney, who asked, "Are Americans ready to declare war against all Muslims living in the U.S. based on the shooting spree at Fort Hood?"
Maloney continued, "While that may seem preposterous to most of us, to the some on the left, it's a likely scenario."
"Do
they really believe this, or is it merely a political scare tactic, designed to shift blame from the accused killer to 'intolerant' Americans?" he asked.