NC: Anti-Muslim Backlash as Strong as Ever

Shaun Uhmed, almost 29, is the son of Pakistani immigrants. He moved to Charlotte six years ago to work as an investment banker at Bank of America. He was asleep in his parents’ suburban New York house when the first plane hit. His mother awoke him in time to watch the second plane crash on […]

FL: A Muslim in the Shadow of 9/11

SPRING HILL – “Hey lady, go back to your country!” The angry words caught Ghada Eldin off guard. It was weeks after Sept. 11, 2001, and Ghada was pushing her shopping cart through the aisles of a Publix grocery story. She was dressed modestly, covered from neck to wrists and down to her ankles. Her […]