It is good to remember that the vast majority of Muslims as as horrified by the senseless killing at Fort Hood as anyone else. Writing for CNN, Arsalan Iftikhar explains,

Most of the world's 1.57 billion Muslims know that the Holy Quran states quite clearly that, "Anyone who kills a human being ... it shall be as though he has killed all of mankind. ... If anyone saves a life, it shall be as though he has saved the lives of all of mankind."

Accordingly, it should come as little surprise to any reasonable observer that when Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan recently committed his shocking acts of mass murder at Fort Hood, Texas, America's Muslim community of over 7 million felt an added sense of horror and sadness at this senseless attack against the brave men and women of the U.S. armed forces.

The extreme factions of any religion inevitably stray from the teachings of their faith... an unfortunately get most of the attention. But the majority of people of faith are sensible, caring people.

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