News stories say that Major Hasan, held in the Fort Hood shootings, is an Army psychiatrist, licensed in Virginia. Here's his Virginia license information.

Meanwhile Twitter is full of people worrying instantly about backlash, and saying things things like

scottiemirador RT @jamesborders: His name and religion are not the issue, this is: Major Malik Nadal Hasan was an Army Psychiatrist.

TheRealCeaza7 RT @HipHop_Purist: RT @BenABaker Please judge Major Malik Nadal by his actions and not by his name.

macxprt ”Shooter: Major Malik Nadal Hasan... http://tinyurl.com/yjdyrtq” -@Drudge_Report And the racial profiling stories start in 3, 2, 1...

There are a lot of posts that say "Please judge Major Malik Nadal by his actions and not by his name."

Er, they've got his name wrong.