September 11

Imam Khalid Latif

This NYPD chaplain is young, male and Muslim. He's been told 'those things don’t go together so well right now.'

Khalid Latif, an imam for the New York Police Department, on life in and out of uniform.

This NYPD chaplain is young, male and Muslim. He's been told 'those things don’t go together so well right now.'
Bhuiyan

Why a hate crime survivor tried to save the life of his would-be killer

Why a hate crime survivor tried to save the life of his would-be killer
Woman and man looking at a cellphone

His brother was murdered for wearing a turban after 9/11. 15 years later, he spoke to the killer.

His brother was murdered for wearing a turban after 9/11. 15 years later, he spoke to the killer.
Shaykh Yasir Fahmy preached on Friday, September 9th, at the Islamic Center of Boston Culture Center about the meaning of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

These days of Eid are blessed — and trying — for American Muslims

These days of Eid are blessed — and trying — for American Muslims
Attendees sit next to a poster as speakers from different faiths speak at an interfaith rally titled "Love is Stronger than Hate" at the Islamic Community Center in Phoenix. The rally was held in response to an earlier anti-Muslim rally at the same locati

Data: Hate crimes against Muslims increased after 9/11

Data: Hate crimes against Muslims increased after 9/11
Boy walks among flags

John Hockenberry: Why I'm done with the 9/11 ritual

"I cannot deny people's grief," writes the host of the radio show The Takeaway, who works not that far from Ground Zero. "But I think the 9/11-ization of American life has been a kind of poison for all of us."

John Hockenberry: Why I'm done with the 9/11 ritual

Sometimes You Just Need to Dance to Abba

When “Mamma Mia!” opened on Broadway, a month after 9/11, it didn’t seem like the right time for a flimsy show set to Abba tunes. But it was exactly what New York needed.

Sometimes You Just Need to Dance to Abba
Mary E. Haddad, interim priest at the American Cathedral of Paris, sees silence as form of worship.

How silence links an American priest’s response to Sept. 11 and Charlie Hebdo

"We can talk about the difference between Islam in New York City and Islam in Paris, but on the human level? Fear. Fear and anxiety lurk within in." That's the tie that binds the Sept. 11 and Charlie Hebdo attacks, both of which Mary Hadded witnessed in person.

How silence links an American priest’s response to Sept. 11 and Charlie Hebdo
World Trade Center Memorial Pool

Why the 9/11 Memorial is wrong for New York City

New York Times chief architecture critic Michael Kimmelman says the World Trade Center site feels like it does not belong in New York. In a new review, he writes that the long-awaiting 9/11 Memorial did not successfully balance the competing and legitimate interests surrounding the project.

Why the 9/11 Memorial is wrong for New York City

Sad Batman, Saving 'Space Oddity,' and More

<p>This week in "Thanks, Internet!": saving "Space Oddity," an implausible violin, blue skies at the 9/11 Museum, Sharon Van Etten's killer crush,&nbsp;and Sad Batman. <em><br /></em></p>

Sad Batman, Saving 'Space Oddity,' and More

After 12 years, the US has an official memorial — and interpretation — of September 11

Creating the National September 11 Memorial Museum that was dedicated today was not an easy process. Elizabeth Greenspan, who wrote the book, "Battle for Ground Zero," says many aspects of how to remember and interpret the tragedy are still controversial and even taboo.

After 12 years, the US has an official memorial — and interpretation — of September 11