Islamic Beard Overshadows U.S. Military Code In Fort Hood Case

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"What the military should do is tie him down in a chair and shave his beard.   After all this is a lot kinder than what he did, killing 13 soldiers at  Fort Hood,

Texas.   Enough is enough-shave the sob!

Islamic Beard Overshadows U.S. Military Code In Fort Hood Case

Posted 08/23/2012 06:07 PM ET

Once clean-shaven, Nidal Hasan, the mass-murdering major from Fort Hood, now believes that no beard is a sin. AP View Enlarged Image

Jihadism: In 2009, Islamic fanaticism and political correctness resulted in the deaths of 13 soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas. Three years later, the evil twins have teamed up to deny justice for victims.

The trial of jihadi mass murderer Maj. Nidal Hasan, scheduled for last Monday, is on hold again — because of an Islamic beard.

Six times Hasan has refused to shave it, claiming his religion takes precedence over U.S. military code, and six times his court martial has been delayed. And now the case is stalled at the appellate level.

Military prosecutors Wednesday argued in a brief to the U.S Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces that Hasan's beard has to go. But the appellate judge has not yet ruled if he has to shave it.

The case should never have gotten to this point. The army was too lenient for too long, allowing Hasan and his lawyers to build a case and create a painful sideshow for the families of victims.

Instead of forcibly shaving him on the spot, the U.S. army has taken precautions that his "religious rights" are protected — just like it's made sure the creep has had a steady diet of Islamic books and special Islamic meals while in custody.

Funny how the military is now recognizing — and catering to — Hasan's religion, even as it has denied his faith had anything to do with his crime. (The Obama administration concluded what he did while screaming "Allahu Akbar!" was just a random, generic case of "workplace violence.")

Hasan and his defense team say he grew his beard to express his Muslim faith, and shaving it for trial would violate his religious rights under the U.S. Constitution. A military appeals court now must rule on the issue.

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Wait a minute. Hasan never wore a beard before being jailed. Video and photos show he had no facial hair the day he opened fire on fellow soldiers as they prepared to deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq from the fort in Texas.

The reason he was clean-shaven is because Army rules prohibit beards. And Hasan agreed to give up such freedoms when he joined the military.

Despite being in jail, Hasan is still in the military and still subject to military rules. Army regulations expressly authorize "nonconsensual haircutting and face-shaving" for incarcerated soldiers.

Because Hasan refuses to comply with the military code of conduct in the courtroom, the judge hearing his case can treat Hasan as he would any accused soldier disrupting his courtroom. He can bind and gag him and force him to comply.

Of course, this would be too logical in a post-9/11 world where logic is twisted by hypertolerance for Islam.

Hasan now conveniently believes not having a beard is a sin against Allah (whereas murdering non-Muslims apparently is not). The U.S. feels it must entertain such baloney, lest they offend the religion of peace. But such PC risks turning an otherwise open-and-shut case into a charade.