Fort Hood shooting suspect explains beard to judge

[Draggingtree]

seattlepi.com:

Fort Hood shooting suspect explains beard to judge

 

ANGELA K. BROWN, Associated Press

Updated 10:45 a.m., Thursday, August 30, 2012

 

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage told a judge Thursday that he grew a beard because his Muslim faith requires it, not as a show of disrespect.

Speaking in court for the first time since showing up with a beard in violation of Army regulations in June, Maj. Nidal Hasan responded to Col. Gregory Gross when the judge asked why he had the beard.

"In the name of almighty Allah, I am a Muslim," Hasan said. "I believe my religion requires me to wear a beard."

The pretrial hearing was the first since

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Fort-Hood-shooting-suspect-explains-beard-to-judge-3826240.php

[Valin]

he grew a beard because his Muslim faith requires it

 

A. Don't care

B. He's still in the Army, beards are not allowed

 

[clearvision]

Judge to Fort Hood suspect: Shave or be shaved

 

A military judge says the Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage must be clean-shaven or will be forcibly shaved before his murder trial.

 

Col. Gregory Gross issued the official order Thursday after a hearing to determine whether a federal religious freedom law applied to Maj. Nidal Hasan's case.

[Pepper]

Will Obama pardon this Brother of his?

[SrWoodchuck]

Maybe an explanation of how much better it'll be, to be clean shaven for the hanging? Don't want to be cruel & unusual.