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Oral History Topic : Muslims Before and After 9/11 Interview Subject : Ahmed Numaan (Aleena's Father)  **RESEARCH: **  On September 11, 2001, the worst act of terriosim in United State's history occured. The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and part of the Pentagon in Washington D.C. were struck by a plane attack. The attacks killed close to 3,000 people at the World Trade Center and nearly 200 at the Pentagon. Terrorists hijacked four planes and each one was used to crash into each tower of the World Trade Center and one into the Pentagon. American Airlines Flight 11, coming from Boston was the first plane to crash. It striked the north tower of the World Trade Center at 8:45 A.M. Both of the towers of the World Trade Center soon collapsed. The destruction of office space caused serious damage to the Lower Manhattan economy.  Suspicion fell quickly on al-Qaeda. Osama Bin Laden denied involvement. Hundreds of people thought to have links with, or, to have information about the hijackers were arrested throughout the world. Bush adressed a speech soon after the tradgic event. In this speech, he focused on putting an end hate crimes against Arab/Muslim Americans; they suffered from violence throughout the United States after the attacks. Later, in 2004 he claimed responsibility for the attacks of the World Trade Center. The United States responded by invading Afghanistan in order to remove the Taliban. It was not until May 2nd, 2011 that Osama Bin Laden was killed in Pakistan.

The attack had a long lasting impact on the world around us. It's impact on our economy was tremendous. The total economic loss was close to $90 billion. The New York Stock Exchange was shut down, and not reopened until the following Monday. This was the only time since 1914 that the New York Exchage had shut down for more that three days. 9/11 also had a long lasting effect on airplanes and airport secuirty. The number of passengers dropped 43% after the attack. The airline industry quickly lost over $5 billion and cut over 100,000 jobs. Security got more strict after the attack. Only Passagners were allowed beyond security. Cutting tools and liquids are prohibited. Some people claim that the use of bomb sniffing dogs and police officers increased also. Overall, the attack impacted everyone, though Muslim American's had to be one of the most effected by 9/11.  Not only did 9/11 effect the world around us, but it also effected the people around us. Many mulim American's were heavily discrimiated against and hated. Some felt that people simply look at them differently since 9/11. The attack led to small conflicts at work, on the streets, and in schools. This also inolved Muslim children. Some were beaten and bullied at school for practicing Islam. "I think that for a regular person that's not Muslim, not going through any of this, it does effect you," says Jafaar-Mohammad. "If you are walking around scared of people that you have no reason to be scared of, there's going to be a ripple effect.". <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Recently, there was an angry protest on the debate about the burning of the Quran. Mobs of vicious racists gathered in a small church in Florida where the burning was held on the anniversary of 9/11. Some people believe that we will soon live in a segrigated world, one similar to how America was portrayed in the early 1960's. A world in which Muslim Americans will be segregated from others. What do you think? <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">**WORKS CITED:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Nacos, Brigitte L., and Oscar Torres Reyna. "Muslim Americans in the News before and after 9-11." //apsanet//. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 June 2011. <http://www.apsanet.org/~polcomm/APSA%20Papers/Nacos.pdf>.

Garcia, Jesus, et al. //Creating America : A History of the United States//. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2002. Print. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Sachs, Susan. "The 2 Worlds of Muslim American Teenagers." //The New York Times// 7 Oct. 2001: n. pag. //ProQuest Historical Newspapers//. Web. 1 June 2011. <http://hn.bigchalk.com/hnweb/hn/do/ document?set=search&start=1&rendition=x-article-image&inmylist=false&urn=urn%3Apr oquest%3AUS%3BPQDOC%3BHNP%3BPQD%3BHNP%3BPROD%3Bx-article-image%3B385901241&mylist urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3BPQDOC%3BHNP%3BPQD%3BHNP%3BPROD%3Bx-citation%3B385901241>.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #121917; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">**MEDIA:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">Check out these interesting statistics about how Mulsim Americans were effected after 911. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">-> http://www.apsanet.org/~polcomm/APSA%20Papers/Nacos.pdf <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">Read this historical newspaper on how Muslim American teenagers were effected after the attack. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">-> http://hn.bigchalk.com/hnweb/hn/do/ document?set=search&start=1&rendition=x-article-image&inmylist=false&urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3BPQDOC%3BHNP%3BPQD%3BHNP%3BPROD%3Bx-articleimage%3B385901241&mylisturn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3BPQDOC%3BHNP%3BPQD%3BHNP%3BPROD%3Bx-citation%3B385901241 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">Some info on the burning of the Quran: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">media type="youtube" key="_zG7jdHrWhQ" height="390" width="480" <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The Respose the burning of the Quran: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">media type="youtube" key="Y7mF8zX_jOk" height="390" width="640" <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #121917; display: block; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'sans serif'; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">