CAIR Video: N. Texas Muslims Fear Fort Hood Shooting Backlash

Bud Gillett, CBS 11 / TXA 21

(11/6/2009) - Muslims across North Texas are cringing at the thought another person of their religion has attacked American interests at home. Many are publicly distancing themselves from Major Hasan and his attack on Fort Hood Thursday that left 13 people dead.

At one mosque in Irving some members have already felt a backlash

Mustaffa Carroll with the Council on American Islamic Relations, or CAIR, says a blanket response is exactly what they were afraid of. "You have crazy people in every religion, and you know we have people in this country that have done exactly the same thing in their religious context."...

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