Medieval History
I don't have too much to say about this whole event, especially since nobody really knows anything about Maj. Hasan's motives at this time. They will, however, get to talk to him eventually. There's a lot of speculation, a lot of rumor, but little evidence to support anything. Especially in the wake of these tragedies, even occurring as often as they unfortunately do here, rumors and speculation often turn out to be quite wrong.
This is more my point -- the speculation and rumor-mongering. There's been a lot made of Maj. Hasan as a Muslim and some have taken this information to suggest that he may've been working for Al-Qaeda. This seems to have a lot to do with what I recently talked about, Mr. Douthat and his blanket conceptualization of Muslims as "the enemy."
Just stop. Things will be figured out but "Islamic writings on his door" (by which I assume they mean "Arabic writing" since Islam isn't a language) and him saying something in Arabic don't mean anything except that he's a Muslim.
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Oh, and 1 more thing. After 4/16 and Northern Illinois, there's a lot of talk about letting students carry guns. Hasan was stopped by a cop. Others may've been firing though, trying to stop the rampage and here's what happened:
- Schools Event: The Early Medieval World
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Sabina Rahman recently reviewed: Stephen Knight, Reading Robin Hood, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2015, for Medievally Speaking:Reading Robin Hood stands as Stephen Knight?s third book devoted to the outlaw hero, preceded by Robin...
- 34th Annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium
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Many of our churches still retain the evidence of aumbries, the secure lockers that served as the repository for valuables before the invention of the safe. They are a common feature let into the side walls beside both...
Medieval History
Fort Hood, Murder, and Islam
I don't have too much to say about this whole event, especially since nobody really knows anything about Maj. Hasan's motives at this time. They will, however, get to talk to him eventually. There's a lot of speculation, a lot of rumor, but little evidence to support anything. Especially in the wake of these tragedies, even occurring as often as they unfortunately do here, rumors and speculation often turn out to be quite wrong.
This is more my point -- the speculation and rumor-mongering. There's been a lot made of Maj. Hasan as a Muslim and some have taken this information to suggest that he may've been working for Al-Qaeda. This seems to have a lot to do with what I recently talked about, Mr. Douthat and his blanket conceptualization of Muslims as "the enemy."
Just stop. Things will be figured out but "Islamic writings on his door" (by which I assume they mean "Arabic writing" since Islam isn't a language) and him saying something in Arabic don't mean anything except that he's a Muslim.
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Oh, and 1 more thing. After 4/16 and Northern Illinois, there's a lot of talk about letting students carry guns. Hasan was stopped by a cop. Others may've been firing though, trying to stop the rampage and here's what happened:
Officials were looking into whether some soldiers may have been shot accidentally by others trying to shoot the gunman. Investigators are analyzing "all the rounds, the trajectories, all the weapons, all the shots, where they came from," said Col. John Rossi, deputy commanding general at Fort Hood. "That will be determined by the investigators."And these were soldiers, with extensive firearms training.
- Schools Event: The Early Medieval World
The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic will be invading York on 20th March, for a one-day event aimed at Year 11 and 12 students and their teachers. The conference, for which there is no charge (lunch and refreshments provided too!),...
- Briefly Noted -- Accessus: A Journal Of Premodern Literature And New Media
Readers of Modern Medieval will want to go take a look at the inaugural issue of Accessus, a publication of the Gower Project. This excellent-looking first issue includes the following essays that bring together disability studies, medieval studies, manuscript...
- Rahman Reviews: Knight, Reading Robin Hood
Sabina Rahman recently reviewed: Stephen Knight, Reading Robin Hood, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2015, for Medievally Speaking:Reading Robin Hood stands as Stephen Knight?s third book devoted to the outlaw hero, preceded by Robin...
- 34th Annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium
10, 11 and 12 October 2014 The Thompson Room (Room 110) Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street ~ Call For Papers The organizers of the 34th Annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium acknowledge with thanks the support of The Provostial Funds Committee for the Arts and...
- Aumbry Door
Many of our churches still retain the evidence of aumbries, the secure lockers that served as the repository for valuables before the invention of the safe. They are a common feature let into the side walls beside both...