1. How did 9/11 impact Muslim Americans?

2. Where were you on 9/11/01?

3. Terms Islamism: A minority belief within Islam that promotes violence (jihad) against non-Muslims. Al-Qaeda: Islamism organization founded to carry out violence against non- Muslims.

4. People Osama bin Laden: Founder of Al-Qaeda Khalid Mohammed: member of Al-Qaeda; planned 9/11 attacks

5. Early 1999 Bin Laden and Mohammed begin planning 9/11 in Afghanistan. Create target list: 1.)White House 2.)Pentagon 3.) Capitol Building 4.) World Trade Center

6. January 2000: Pilot hijackers begin entering U.S. April 2001: ‘Muscle hijackers’ begin entering in US. August 26, 2001: Hijackers begin to buy airplane tickets

7. – Flight 11: WTC North Tower – Flight 175: WTC South Tower – Flight 75: Pentagon – Flight 93: White House

8. September 11, 2001 8:14 AM: Flight 11 is hijacked* 8:45 AM: Flight 175 is hijacked

9. 8:46 AM: Flight 11 crashes into WTC’s North Tower

10. 9:03 AM: Flight 175 crashes into WTC’s South Tower*

11. 9:05 AM: President George W. Bush is notified

12. 9:37 AM: Flight 77 crashes into Pentagon

13. Flight 93: Hijackers deliberately crash in a Pennsylvania, approx. 20 minutes from D.C.*

14. 8:30 PM: George W. Bush addresses the nation

15. March 1, 2003: Khalid Mohammed captured in Pakistan

16. May 2, 2011: Osama Bin Laden killed in Pakistan 25 million dollar reward!

17. How did 9/11 impact Muslim Americans? Islamophobia: Fear of Islam (instead of Islamism)