Oh my, this will break Richard Silverstein's "progressive Zionist"(?!) heart. To the Tikun Olam blogger it was clear that Haq was not guilty by reason of insanity notwithstanding the first jury's failure to agree, and he accused the Seattle Jewish community of pressuring the district attorney to re-try the case.

The Seattle district attorney tried Naveed Haq, accused Seattle federation attacker once and the trial ended in a mistrial. Despite the fact that Haq has a long history of mental illness along with mental health professionals who testified in the first trial to the fact that his illness destroyed his ability to apprehend reality, the county prosecutor is trying again. I fear that he is doing so because this has become a political, as much as a legal trial. He doesn’t want to be perceived by the local Jewish community as being soft of Muslim extremism (even though Haq was so disturbed that he at one time renounced his religion and became a Christian). The organized community leadership is leading the charge, in my opinion, in calling for judgment against Haq. They were not satisfied with the mistrial and they’ve pressured the King County prosecutor for a second attempt.

richard silverstein is suffering from the same mental illness as naveed haq.

richard silversteins connection to Judaism is as real as naveed haqs connection to Christianity.