“In those tapes Nolen answers questions in a very matter-of-fact way with seemingly little emotion. He told the investigators he beheaded Hufford because he felt oppressed as a Muslim. Nolen carefully explained his interpretation of the Quran and said no one guided him in the religion and that he came his beliefs on his own.”

It is unfortunate that KOKH doesn’t give us more information about Nolen’s interpretation of the Qur’an. Did he cite Qur’an 47:4, “when you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks”? KOKH is careful to include his statement that “no one guided him in the religion and that he came his beliefs on his own” — the implication being that his understanding of the Religion of Peace is eccentric and erroneous. But unfortunately, that has yet to be definitively established.

“Jurors hear interviews with Alton Nolen explaining why he beheaded co-worker,” by Caroline Vandergriff, Fox25 News, September 20, 2017 (thanks to the Geller Report):