'' while committing an act of mass murder no more makes their criminal act `` Islamic '' than a Christian uttering the `` Hail Mary '' while murdering an abortion medical provider , or someone chanting `` Onward , Christian Soldiers '' while bombing a gay nightclub , would make their act `` Christian '' in nature . Simply put ; murder is murder and has no religion whatsoever . Professor Juan Cole of the University of Michigan once wrote that , `` One most certainly does insult Muslims by tying their religion to movements such as terrorism or fascism . Muslims perceive a double standard in this regard : Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols would never be called ` Christian terrorists ' even though they were in close contact with the Christian Identity Movement . No one would speak of Christo-fascism or Judeo-fascism as the Republican -LSB- s -RSB- ... speak of Islam-o-fascism . ... -LSB- Many people also -RSB- point out that -LSB- it was -RSB- persons of Christian heritage -LSB- who -RSB- invented fascism , not Muslims . '' According to Pentagon statistics , there were over 3,400 American Muslims serving in the active-duty military as of
Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- 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 . True to form , many conservative media pundits wasted little time in pointing to reports that Hasan had said `` Allahu Akbar '' -LRB- Arabic for `` God is great '' -RRB- at the start of his murderous rampage . News coverage continuously showed the looping convenience store black-and-white videotape footage of Hasan wearing traditional white Islamic garb . First of all , someone simply saying `` Allahu Akbar