On December 3, Nidal Hasan, the Army Major/psychiatrist/jihadist who carried out the shooting at Food Hood in 2009, will be executed via firing squad. The execution will be livestreamed.
This will be the first public execution in the United States during the past 90 years. And if I’m not mistaken, it will be the first time a jihadist will be executed in the United States.
Naturally, there are those opposed to the execution being livestreamed, as well as those who are opposed to Hasan being executed. Such individuals include leftists, Muslims, and those opposed to the death penalty. But Hasan killed 14 people (including an unborn child), and thus he should be executed. And considering he was willing to kill and die for Allah, then he should accept his fate.
Will the execution make Hasan a martyr? It might, but if someone argues that doing so will result in a terrorist attack, then perhaps they should be told that the concept of jihad is nothing new- it started in the Middle Ages with the spread of Islam. And they should be told that jihad is holy war against the infidels, and not some internal struggle. It should also be noted that the United States does not negotiate with terrorists, especially if any jihadist does anything (i.e. terrorist attack, kidnapping someone) in order to avenge Hasan or prevent him from being executed.
And while some people call for the abolishment of the death penalty here in America, they should be reminded in the Muslim world, people are executed for a variety of crimes- some of which are not even call for capital punishment, if any punishment at all. Such crimes include protesting against the regime (i.e. Iranian dissidents) or blasphemy (e.g. non-Muslims in Pakistan accused of saying something bad about Muhammad).
And unlike the botched attempt to execute satanist Christa Pike via lethal injection, death by firing squad is a more efficient method of execution. And if the condemned does survive being shot, the leader of the firing squad will apply the coup de grace.
It is said that execution via the guillotine has been the only form of capital punishment in no one has survived, although supposedly Louis XVI’s execution was botched due to him not being properly aligned for the blade to come down on his neck. Nevertheless, the guillotine was considered to be an efficient and merciful way to execute someone.
But if anyone is looking for the perfect and most humane form of execution, then perhaps they should consider carbon monoxide poisoning.
At any rate, when Hasan is put to death, then justice will be served.
