Before 9/11, many Muslims in America pursued the American dream without feeling different. But after the attacks, everything changed. Suspicion, Islamophobia, and racial profiling reshaped daily life—while at the same time sparking resilience, activism, and a stronger Muslim-American identity.

he oldest surviving place of worship for Muslims in the United States is a white clapboard building on a grassy corner plot, as unassumingly Midwestern as its neighboring houses in Cedar Rapids – except for a dome.