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Sharing a Flight With a Muslim After 9/11

Right after 9/11, I had to take a long flight. As I took my seat in the airplane, I found next to me a typical, young Muslim man. Right before the plane took off, he took out his pocket-sized Qur'an, and without looking left or right, began focusing on the words of the book and moving his head back and forth. With the movement of his lips, I knew he was reciting the Qur'an. . . .