Chapter 3

A week after 9/11 Mohammed (Mo) Kahn is flying home from Los Angeles to New York City. He is stopped by two security agents, one called Pinball, who interrogate him.
Questions asked:

• Where were you born?
• Do you love this country?
• What are your thoughts on jihad?
• Aren't you a practicing Muslim?
• Know any Muslims that want to do harm to America?
• Do you believe you'd go to heaven if you blew yourself up?
• Do you know any Islamic terrorists?

The interrogation goes nowhere and after fingerprinting Mo, he is allowed to go back to NYC. When he gets home, he finds that his baggage had been rummaged through yet due to the atmosphere of the city, Mo is not that angry. He wonders about what type of Muslim really does represent Islam and how he fits into the religion. And he reminisces about the buildings while eating in a small, Indian restaurant and only feels nostalgia for the towers. 

Mo works for an architecture firm, ROI. Generally brusque, he becomes more polite since the attacks which annoys himself. He is cocky and has a lot of pride which often makes him unlikeable. He is not very religious and describes himself as agnostic. His parents immigrated to the US in the '60s.