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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Why
shouldn’t the American people permit . . . nope . . . make that “encourage”
followers of the Muslim faith to build a mosque in tribute to those who lost
their lives on September 11, 2001. After all, included on the list of
victims are the names of 59 human beings of the Muslim faith who also perished
in those towers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Perhaps
the demons that many of us should confront are not necessarily of flesh and
bone, but those embedded in our own minds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Courtesy
of About.com at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a
href="http://islam.about.com/blvictims.htm">http://islam.about.com/blvictims.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Muslim
Victims of September 11th Attack<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Inna
li-lahi wa inna li-layhi raja'un.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>From
Allah we come, and to Him is our return.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thousands
of innocent lives were lost on September 11, 2001, and our hearts and prayers
go out to their families and loved ones. For several hundred of the
victims of 9/11, grief and sorrow has been compounded by constant suspicion,
bias, hatred, and attacks on the faith they hold dear.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Imagine
being the family of Salman Hamdani. The 23-year-old New York City police
cadet was a part-time ambulance driver, incoming medical student, and devout
Muslim. When he disappeared on September 11, law enforcement officials
came to his family, seeking him for questioning in relation to the terrorist
attacks. They allegedly believed he was somehow involved. His
whereabouts were undetermined for over six months, until his remains were
finally identified. He was found near the North Tower, with his EMT
medical bag beside him, presumably doing everything he could to help those in
need. His family could finally rest, knowing that he died the hero they
always knew him to be.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Or
imagine being Baraheen Ashrafi, nine months pregnant with her second
child. Her husband, Mohammad Chowdhury, was a waiter at Windows of the
World restaurant, on the top floors of Tower One. The morning of
September 11, they prayed salaat-l-fajr (the pre-dawn prayer) together, and he
went off to work. She never saw him again. Their son, Farqad, was
born 48 hours after the attacks -- one of the first 9/11 orphans to be
born. In an interview with CTV Canada, she relates that in the months to
follow, she mourned for her husband and endured the hostility of some ignorant
people around her. "When they saw me ... I'm wearing a scarf. There
is a hate look."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Or
consider Rahma Salie, a passenger on American Airlines #11 that crashed into
the North Tower. Rahma, a Muslim of Sri Lankan origin, was traveling with
her husband Michael (a convert to Islam) to attend a friend's wedding in
California. Rahma was 7 months pregnant with their first child.
According to the Independent UK (October 11, 2001), Rahma's name was initially
put on an FBI watch list, because her "Muslim-sounding" name was on
the passenger manifest, and her travel patterns were similar to those of the
hijackers (she was a computer consultant living in Boston). Although her
name was eventually removed from the list, several of her family members were
barred from taking flights to her memorial service. Her mother, Haleema,
said, "I would like everyone to know that she was a Muslim, she is a
Muslim and we are victims too, of this tragic incident.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Partial
List of Muslim 9/11 Victims:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Note:
This list is as yet incomplete and unconfirmed. It has been compiled from
the Islamic Circle of North America, the Newsday victims database, and reports
from other major news organizations. The victims' ages, employers, or
other personal information is included when available, along with links to
further information or photos.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Samad
Afridi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ashraf
Ahmad<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Shabbir
Ahmad (45 years old; Windows on the World; leaves wife and 3 children)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Umar
Ahmad<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Azam
Ahsan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ahmed
Ali<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tariq
Amanullah (40 years old; Fiduciary Trust Co.; ICNA website team member; leaves
wife and 2 children)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Touri
Bolourchi (69 years old; United Airlines #175; a retired nurse from Tehran)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Salauddin
Ahmad Chaudhury<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Abdul
K. Chowdhury (30 years old; Cantor Fitzgerald)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mohammad
S. Chowdhury (39 years old; Windows on the World; leaves wife and child born 2
days after the attack)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jamal
Legesse Desantis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ramzi
Attallah Douani (35 years old; Marsh & McLennan)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>SaleemUllah
Farooqi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Syed
Fatha (54 years old; Pitney Bowes)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Osman
Gani<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mohammad
Hamdani (50 years old)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Salman
Hamdani (NYPD Cadet)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Aisha
Harris (21 years old; General Telecom)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Shakila
Hoque (Marsh & McLennan)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Nabid
Hossain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Shahzad
Hussain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Talat
Hussain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mohammad
Shah Jahan (Marsh & McLennan)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yasmeen
Jamal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mohammed
Jawarta (MAS security)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Arslan
Khan Khakwani<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Asim
Khan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ataullah
Khan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ayub
Khan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Qasim
Ali Khan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sarah
Khan (32 years old; Cantor Fitzgerald)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Taimour
Khan (29 years old; Karr Futures)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yasmeen
Khan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Zahida
Khan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Badruddin
Lakhani<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Omar
Malick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Nurul
Hoque Miah (36 years old)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mubarak
Mohammad (23 years old)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Boyie
Mohammed (Carr Futures)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Raza
Mujtaba<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Omar
Namoos<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mujeb
Qazi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tarranum
Rahim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ehtesham
U. Raja (28 years old)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ameenia
Rasool (33 years old)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Naveed
Rehman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Yusuf
Saad<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rahma
Salie & unborn child (28 years old; American Airlines #11; wife of Michael
Theodoridis; 7 months pregnant)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Shoman
Samad<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Asad
Samir<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Khalid
Shahid (25 years old; Cantor Fitzgerald; engaged to be married in November)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mohammed
Shajahan (44 years old; Marsh & McLennan)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Naseema
Simjee (Franklin Resources Inc.'s Fiduciary Trust)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jamil
Swaati<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sanober
Syed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Robert
Elias Talhami (40 years old; Cantor Fitzgerald)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Michael
Theodoridis (32 years old; American Airlines #11; husband of Rahma Salie)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>W.
Wahid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Peace
. . .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tom
Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Moscow,
Idaho<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>"The
Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change and the
Realist adjusts his sails." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>-
Unknown <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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