Earlier this week, an article in the Des Moines Register began with the following: "A few weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Imam Ibrahim Dremali arrived at his Florida home late in the evening. As he stepped out of his car, someone jammed a double-barrel shotgun into his chest. A second man was waving a pistol so he would be sure to see it." Thinking about the attack, Dremali responded this way:

"After the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, they accused us of being terrorists.... We are Americans, and we are in the same boat as everyone else. I am 100 percent against what happened in New York. I came to this country to get peace and democracy. Instead of trying to divide people (with suspicions and allegations), we should work together."

(Thanks to the Pluralism Project)