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Saturday September 4th 2010

Lawyer: Hasan barred from praying in Arabic

SAN ANTONIO — An attorney for the man charged in the deadly shootings at Fort Hood says the Army has prohibited his client from praying in Arabic with his family.Attorney John P. Galligan said police stopped a phone conversation between Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan and his brother on Friday because it was not in English. Galligan told the San Antonio Express-News that police at Brooke Army Medical Center refused to let Hasan pray in Arabic.Galligan says he thinks that’s illegal and a violation of Hasan’s religious rights.Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the Nov

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