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Hardin Muslims Reflect on 9/11

A pair of men read from the Qur'an as part of their prayers during Friday's Jumma Prayer at the Islamic Center in Elizabethtown.
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A pair of men read from the Qur'an as part of their prayers during Friday's Jumma Prayer at the Islamic Center in Elizabethtown.

Tehmina Haider of Elizabethtown cried with millions as she witnessed on television the devastation of the terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2001. She was home in her eighth month of pregnancy with her fourth child when a friend called and told her to turn on the television. “I was stunned,” she said. “Just stunned, as everybody was.” Haider worried for the nation. She also worried personally about herself and her children.

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