"Imam: Fort Hood suspect asked help finding wife"

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Though CNN's article "Imam: Fort Hood suspect asked help finding wife" subtly leads us to believe that Hasan's acts were rebellious. Brian Todd's article on CNN, had interviewed the few Islamic leaders willing to speak out about Hasan, all stated "everything that he did is against the teachings of Islam. Killing fellow soldiers, fellow citizen men and women, the shooting, the bloodshed, speaks of someone who did not understand his faith very well.Islam is against going to strip clubs, but it's also against going to strip clubs, but it's also killing fellow citizens." Imama Yahya Hendi, a Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University was one of the few that spone out stating that Hasan's actions were not based off of his religion but as some sort of hatred act. Ford discuss how Hasan was in search of a wife, Hendi was the third imam to discuss this CNN, which makes readers believe that he was in search for someone who would remain with him throughout his military career but was unable to find one. The manager of a local strip club states that he has seen Hasan vist periodically. All these statements made by Ford in his article don't seem to exhibit any substantial evidence to why Hasan would do such a horrific thing. The article just confuses readers to believe that Hasan's search for a wife was because he was a traditional Islamic man, but he had visited strip clubs which was against his religion. These statements subtly make it seem as if Hasan was a devoted Muslim but moved away from his religion when he could not find a campanion. The article seems to neglect the many men who are in the army, who are said to be devoted Christians, Catholics, or any religion may visit strip clubs frequently.