Ft. Hood Shooter’s Attorney Claims Hasan’s Religious Rights Violated
Accused Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s lead attorney John P. Galligan claims the Army is violating Hasan’s right to practice religion. According to Galligan, Hasan, who has a private room at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, was on the phone with his brother while the two “prayed from the Koran”, when an Army guard “cut short” the phone call. The guard, who doesn’t speak Arabic, claimed Hasan was conversing in Arabic.
“Police at the hospital refused to let him pray, in Arabic, from the Quran with his brother,” Galligan said. “I think it’s illegal and a violation of his religious rights.”
One pretrial restriction for Hasan is the requirement that Hasan speak in English with visitors or on the phone unless a unless an Army translator is present.
“He’s under military control,” said Jeffrey Addicott, a former Judge Advocate General’s Corps officer for 20 years, who now heads the Center for Terrorism Law at St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio. “They can put reasonable restrictions on his movements and activities. The question is what is reasonable. In light of the fact that he is clearly influenced by radical jihad, in my opinion, it’s entirely reasonable to limit his spoken activities to English.”
English is Hasan’s primary language, and he learned Arabic later in life, according to news accounts. Addicott argued that, because Arabic is not his primary language, and there may not be Arabic-speaking guards available, then the military is justified in its restrictions.
We have just one question for Hasan’s attorney: Since Galligan wasn’t there during the phone call, how can he, with 100% certainty, prove that Hasan was actually “praying from the Koran”?
Lawyer: Fort Hood suspect’s rights violated
next he’ll sue the army for shooting HIM. Is this world for real?
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[...] to defend his client. On December 22, Galligan claimed the military had violated Hasan’s right to practice religion: According to Galligan, Hasan, who has a private room at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, [...]